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Micklejoin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'big John,— one of the Scottish Border names. Middle English mikel. compare Littlejohn.

'To Mickle Willie', April 33, 1671: Nicolson and Burn, History Westm. and Cumb.

'Mekill Henry Nikson,' 1516: The History of Liddesdale and the Debatable Land.

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Micklejoin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Micklejoin Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a nickname. 'big John,— one of the Scottish Border names. Middle English mikel. compare Littlejohn.

'To Mickle Willie', April 33, 1671: Nicolson and Burn, History Westm. and Cumb.

'Mekill Henry Nikson,' 1516: The History of Liddesdale and the Debatable Land.

Miekle Johne Burne, 1405: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A name descriptive of personal appearance of original bearer. compare Mekle Johne Bume in Branxhelm, 1495 (Liddesdale, p. 188). William Meiklejohne appears in the muster roll of the laird of Glenurquhay in 1638 (BBT., p. 398), and Thomas Meiklejohn was a baxter in Dysart in 1678 (Dysart, p. 53). Meakiljohne 1662, Meaklejohne 1646, Meaklejohnne 1626, Mecklijohn 1696, Meikiljohn 1663, Meikiljone 1637, Mickiljohne 1575, Meklejohne 1647, Meicklejohne 1647, Mikiljone 1563, Mikiljon 1565, Mikiljhone 1585. The name is fairly numerous on the northern side of Firth of Forth from Stirling to Dunfermline.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

As Micklejohn.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

MEICKLEJOHN: (Scottish.) Large John, to distinguish him from wee John, or little John.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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