Mullis Family History
Mullis Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands):: variant of Moule with post-medieval excrescent -s. habitational name from Mowlish Farm in Kenton (Devon). The placename appears to mean ‘farm of the mules’ from the genitive plural form of Old English mūl ‘mule’ + hīwisc ‘family measure of land that would support a family’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022