Mellish Family History
Mellish Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Mellersh Farm in Compton (Surrey). The placename probably derives from Old English mǣle ‘dyed multi-colored variegated’ + ersc ‘plowed field stubble field’. English: variant of Melhuish . Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Meliš (see Melis ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022