Meggitt (surname)
Meggitt is an originally English surname closely related to Meggett.[1] In England, the surname can be traced back to the name Meggot, a female personal name from Old English, which itself is a diminutive of Megg, which is a shortening of Margaret.[2][3][4] It may also be related to Scottish locational names from Megget.[2][3]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Frank Meggitt (1901–1945), Welsh cricketer
- Justin Meggitt, professor of religious studies at Cambridge University
- Margaret Sara Meggitt (1866–1920), British activist
- Mervyn Meggitt (1924–2004), Australian anthropologist
- William Meggitt (1894–1927), British military aviator
References
- ^ McClure, Peter (2022). Lenarčič, Simon; Hanks, Patrick (eds.). Dictionary of American Family Names (Second ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190245122.
- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard A.; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford (GB): Oxford university press. ISBN 9780199677764.
- ^ a b Reaney, Percy H.; Wilson, R. M. (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 2139. ISBN 0203993551.
- ^ Reaney, Percy Hide; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (1991). A dictionary of English surnames (3rd with corr. and add ed.). London New York: Routledge. ISBN 041505737X.