Mellor
Appearance
Mellor is a surname of Dutch origin. Variant spellings include Meller, Mellers, Melliar and Mellors. [citation needed]
It is derived from the names of places including Mellor, Greater Manchester and Mellor, Lancashire, which in turn come from ancient words moel ‘bare’ + bre ‘hill’.[1]
The surname also appears on early census rolls in Dorset, where it may have a separate derivation from a Flemish name.[2]
Notable people with this surname
- Alan Mellor (born 1959), English cricketer
- Anne K. Mellor (born 1942), feminist scholar of Romantic literature
- Chip Mellor (born 1950), President and General Counsel of the Institute for Justice
- Corin Mellor (born 1966), English silverware designer
- Kyran Mellor, Historian and Australian Political analyst
- Danie Mellor (born 1971), Australian artist
- David Mellor (born 1949), British former MP
- David Mellor (designer) (1930-2009), English designer
- David Hugh Mellor (born 1938), English philosopher
- David Paver Mellor (1903-1980), Australian inorganic chemist
- David Alan Mellor, curator and art historian
- Frank Mellor (1854–1925), English lawyer and cricketer
- Hugh Mellor (born 1938), English philosopher
- Janine Mellor (born 1980), English actress
- John Mellor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph Mellor, founder of Mellor Brothers, a farm machinery manufacturer in South Australia
- Joseph William Mellor (1869-1938), English chemist
- Julie Mellor DBE (born 1957), English Parliamentarian
- Karen Mellor (born 1963), winner of Miss United Kingdom
- Kay Mellor (born 1951), English actress
- Paul Mellor (priest), Kenneth Paul Mellor (born 1949), Anglican priest
- M. Mellor (active 1880's), English footballer
- Malcolm Mellor Australian glaciologist, after whom Mellor Glacier was named
- Marq Mellor (born 1968), American field hockey player
- Neil Mellor (born 1982), English footballer
- Oliver Mellor (born 1981), English actor
- Paul Mellor (born 1974), Australian rugby league player
- Peter Mellor (born 1947), English-born American footballer and coach
- Robert B. Mellor (born Yorkshire), British scientist
- Salusbury Mellor (1863-1917), British sailor and Olympian
- Stan Mellor (born 1937), English jockey
- Stephen J. Mellor, American computer scientist
- Syd Mellor (born 1989), English footballer
- Thomas Walton Mellor (1814-1902), British cotton manufacturer
- Will Mellor (born 1976), British actor
- William Mellor (1888–1942), British journalist
- William Mellor (footballer), English footballer
- William C. Mellor (1903–1963), American cinematographer
- Travis R Mellor (born 1987) New Zealand rugby union player
See also
References
- ^ "Mellor Family History". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Mellor Family Crest and Name History". HouseOfNames.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.