Mew Family History
Mew Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English mew ‘seagull’ (Old English mǣw mēaw). Compare Maw English (of Norman origin): metonymic occupational name or nickname from Old French mue ‘mew’ possibly denoting someone employed at a mew i.e. a cage or set of cages for hawks. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 苗 and 繆 (see Miao 1 and ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022