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[Surname] Re: Minchew/ Minchev (минчев)

by Lepic (guest)

8/1/2017, 5:36 PM

The origin of Minchew/Minshew is English. It's a variant of Minshull which comes from the placenames Church Minshull and Minshull Vernon in Cheshire, recorded as Munschulf in medieval documents. The place-name probably derives from the Old English personal name Mann, Monn + Old English scylfe ‘shelf, ledge’.

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- Minchew (guest) +2

8/2/2017, 12:52 PM

Thanks, Lepic for the quick response! If you don't mind my asking, do you have a resource? I'd love to know where you found it.

- Lepic (guest) +1

8/2/2017, 1:14 PM

You'll find the origin of Minchew in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (OUP, 2016). You can also trace Minchew back to Minshew at tinyurl.com/y9782gj2 and thence to Minshull at tinyurl.com/y89lpkcw.

- Minchew (guest)

8/2/2017, 11:20 PM

Again, Lepic, thank you for your help and research!

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