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'''Mehus''' (pronounced May-hews and meaning ''middle house'' in [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]<ref name="mehus-surname-origin" />) is a last name common to [[Flemish]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] people.<ref name="mehus-surname-origin">{{Cite book |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374 |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780195081374 |editor-last=Hanks |editor-first=Patrick |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001 |access-date=13 February 2020 |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-41806?rskey=YurY5N&result=41801 |chapter=Dictionary entry for 'Mehus' |url-access=limited}}</ref> In the [[United States of America]] it is most common in North Dakota.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} |
'''Mehus''' (pronounced May-hews and meaning ''middle house'' in [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]<ref name="mehus-surname-origin" />) is a last name common to [[Flemish]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] people.<ref name="mehus-surname-origin">{{Cite book |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374 |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780195081374 |editor-last=Hanks |editor-first=Patrick |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001 |access-date=13 February 2020 |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-41806?rskey=YurY5N&result=41801 |chapter=Dictionary entry for 'Mehus' |url-access=limited}}</ref> In the [[United States of America]] it is most common in North Dakota.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} |
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A "John de Mehus" is mentioned in the ''[[Feet of fines]]'' court records in England in 1196. He was the son of Matilda, widow of Robert Meaux, and was later referred to as John de Meaux.<ref name="farrer">{{cite book |last1=Farrer |first1=William |title=Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 3 |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge UP |isbn=9781108058254 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTuGgWHnAaIC&dq=%22john+de+mehus%22&pg=PA106 |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref> [[Meaux, East Riding of Yorkshire|Meaux]] is a village in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], named after [[Meaux]] in Normandy.<ref name="holden">{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Desmond |title=What's in a Name? Muse |url=http://names.gukutils.org.uk/Muse.shtml |accessdate=17 February 2020 |work=The Peak Advertiser |date=12 January 1988}}</ref> The [[Surtees Society]]'s editor in 1897 says of the "Johannem de Meals" in the Latin text of a 1202 record in that he was "Better known under the form Meaux or Melsa. In 1196 he is called John de Mehus."<ref name="surtees">{{cite book |title=Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne A.D.MCXCIX.-A.D.MCCXIV |date=1897 |publisher=Surtees Society |page=37 |url=http://www.northcravenheritage.org.uk/NCHT/RoyPriceArchive/ARTICLES&BOOKS/Articlespdfs/pedesfiniumeborr00grearich.pdf}}</ref> He is mentioned by various sources as an early bearer of the names Muse,<ref name="hanks">{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Coates |first2=Richard |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford UP |isbn=9780192527479 |page=1914 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22john+de+mehus%22&pg=PA1914 |accessdate=17 February 2020 |chapter=Muse}}</ref> Mewis,<ref name="mewys">{{cite web |title=Mewys History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms |url=https://www.houseofnames.com/mewys-family-crest |publisher=House of Names |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref> Mewze<ref name="mewze">{{cite web |title=Mewze History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms |url=https://www.houseofnames.com/mewze-family-crest |publisher=House of Names |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref> |
A "John de Mehus" is mentioned in the ''[[Feet of fines]]'' court records in England in 1196. He was the son of Matilda, widow of Robert Meaux, and was later referred to as John de Meaux.<ref name="farrer">{{cite book |last1=Farrer |first1=William |title=Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 3 |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge UP |isbn=9781108058254 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTuGgWHnAaIC&dq=%22john+de+mehus%22&pg=PA106 |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref> [[Meaux, East Riding of Yorkshire|Meaux]] is a village in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], named after [[Meaux]] in Normandy.<ref name="holden">{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Desmond |title=What's in a Name? Muse |url=http://names.gukutils.org.uk/Muse.shtml |accessdate=17 February 2020 |work=The Peak Advertiser |date=12 January 1988}}</ref> The [[Surtees Society]]'s editor in 1897 says of the "Johannem de Meals" in the Latin text of a 1202 record in that he was "Better known under the form Meaux or Melsa. In 1196 he is called John de Mehus."<ref name="surtees">{{cite book |title=Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne A.D.MCXCIX.-A.D.MCCXIV |date=1897 |publisher=Surtees Society |page=37 |url=http://www.northcravenheritage.org.uk/NCHT/RoyPriceArchive/ARTICLES&BOOKS/Articlespdfs/pedesfiniumeborr00grearich.pdf}}</ref> He is mentioned by various sources as an early bearer of the names Muse,<ref name="hanks">{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Coates |first2=Richard |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford UP |isbn=9780192527479 |page=1914 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22john+de+mehus%22&pg=PA1914 |accessdate=17 February 2020 |chapter=Muse}}</ref> Mewis,<ref name="mewys">{{cite web |title=Mewys History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms |url=https://www.houseofnames.com/mewys-family-crest |publisher=House of Names |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref> and Mewze<ref name="mewze">{{cite web |title=Mewze History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms |url=https://www.houseofnames.com/mewze-family-crest |publisher=House of Names |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref>. |
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==People with the surname== |
==People with the surname== |
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Revision as of 05:22, 30 August 2022
Mehus (pronounced May-hews and meaning middle house in Norwegian[1]) is a last name common to Flemish[citation needed] and Norwegian people.[1] In the United States of America it is most common in North Dakota.[citation needed]
A "John de Mehus" is mentioned in the Feet of fines court records in England in 1196. He was the son of Matilda, widow of Robert Meaux, and was later referred to as John de Meaux.[2] Meaux is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, named after Meaux in Normandy.[3] The Surtees Society's editor in 1897 says of the "Johannem de Meals" in the Latin text of a 1202 record in that he was "Better known under the form Meaux or Melsa. In 1196 he is called John de Mehus."[4] He is mentioned by various sources as an early bearer of the names Muse,[5] Mewis,[6] and Mewze[7].
People with the surname
- Livio Mehus (born 1630), Flemish painter
- John H. Mehus, a United States Navy ensign in command of the USS Clearwater County on its commissioning in 1944
- Laurelle Mehus, American model and actress, appeared in the 1990 film Pretty Woman
- Ingrid Berg Mehus, subject of Alexander Ryback's 2009 song "Fairytale"
See also
- Mehu, an Ancient Egypt vizier who lived in the Sixth Dynasty, around 2300 BC
References
- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2013). "Dictionary entry for 'Mehus'". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Farrer, William (2013). Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 3. Cambridge UP. p. 106. ISBN 9781108058254. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Holden, Desmond (12 January 1988). "What's in a Name? Muse". The Peak Advertiser. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Pedes Finium Ebor. Regnante Johanne A.D.MCXCIX.-A.D.MCCXIV (PDF). Surtees Society. 1897. p. 37.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). "Muse". The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford UP. p. 1914. ISBN 9780192527479. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Mewys History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". House of Names. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Mewze History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". House of Names. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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