MALLINSON
Mallinson is an English patronymic surname that has its origins in the British Isles, specifically England. Its form is derived from the medieval male given name Malin, which in turn is a diminutive of the female name Mary. The suffix -son means “son of”, so the name literally denotes a descendant of someone named Malin.
In medieval records the surname appears in several spellings, including mallin, malkin, and the patronymic forms malkinson, malinson, and mallinson. The earliest appearance of a related form is in the year 1297, when the name Malkyn was recorded. This was a diminutive of Malle, itself a nickname for Mary. The diminutive suffixes -kyn, -kin, or simply -in were applied to indicate either “little Mary” or, in a patronymic sense, “son of Mary”. The popularity of the name Mary, associated with the New Testament mother of Christ, was reinforced during the Christian revival and the Crusades of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The name Mary, from which these diminutives derive, was originally thought to come from the Aramaic Maryan, meaning either “wished‑for child” or “the star of the sea”. In Europe a wide variety of surnames were subsequently formed from Mary, with over one hundred distinct forms appearing in the historical record.
Early documents give clear evidence of the surname’s use in England. In 1317 a man named John Mallynssone of Yorkshire appears in the Patent Rolls, while a Walter Malkinsone of Sussex is listed in the Subsidy Rolls of that county in 1327. The civil marriage of Francis Malkin to Agnes Donne at St. Gregory’s, by St. Paul’s in London, is recorded on 19 December 1609. The first known spelling of the name that closely resembles the modern form is John Malekin, dated 1284 in the Court Rolls of the Abbey of Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, during the reign of King Edward I.
The progression of spelling variants over the centuries illustrates the natural evolution of surnames in England. While the exact paths of variation differ among families, the essential patronymic element of the name has remained a defining feature of the Mallinson lineage.
Typical given names associated with the Mallinson surname
Male
- Andrew
- Christopher
- David
- Ian
- James
- John
- Keith
- Paul
- Peter
- Richard
- Stephen
Female
- Claire
- Deborah
- Elizabeth
- Jacqueline
- Janet
- Joanne
- Julie
- Karen
- Lisa
- Margaret
- Mary
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
Related and similar names are generated algorithmically based on the spelling, and may not necessarily share an etymology.
How to communicate the surname Mallinson in...
Braille
⠍⠁⠇⠇⠊⠝⠎⠕⠝
Morse
--.-.-...-....-....----.
Semaphore
There are approximately 3,785 people named Mallinson in the UK. That makes it roughly the 2,460th most common surname in Britain. Around 58 in a million people in Britain are named Mallinson.
Surname type: From name of parent
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English
Famous people named Mallinson
- Allan Mallinson - Writer
- John C. Mallinson - -American physicist (1932 to 2015)
Names and descriptions courtesy of Wikipedia, and may contain errors. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every famous person with this name.