Melhus Family History
Melhus Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farmsteads in Trøndelag from mel ‘middle’ + hus ‘house’ i.e. ‘the house (or farm) in the middle’. Altered form of Norwegian Mjølhus: habitational name from any of the seven places (in Rogaland for instance) named with Old Norse mjǫl ‘flour’ + hus ‘house’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022