Mean Family History

Cambodian: written មាន from a Khmer word meaning e.g. ‘to be rich’. English: nickname from Middle English mene ‘inferior lowly; poor; unpleasant’. English: from the Middle English personal name Mene of uncertain origin.

In mid 9th-century France a rare female name Menia is recorded which might ultimately derive from Latin Maenia a Roman surname. However, there is no evidence available to suggest that this name was introduced to England by the Normans.

English: habitational name from East and West Meon (Hampshire) but it is not known if this name survived into the modern period. The places take their names from the river Meon (of uncertain origin).

French and Walloon (Méan): topographic name derived from Latin medianus ‘located in the middle halfway’ or a habitational name from a place in Wallonia (Belgium) called Méan named with the same word.