Mewes Family History

North German: from a short form of the personal name Bartholomäus (see Bartholomew).

English: habitational name from Meaux in East Yorkshire. The placename is pronounced [mius] with a soft ‘s’ though the surname is commonly pronounced with a final [z] and probably derives from Old Norse melr ‘sand bank sand hill’ + sǽr ‘pool lake’.

The modern form of the placename is due to French influence.

English: sometimes a variant of Mew with post-medieval excrescent -s.