Mitchell

Where Mitchell comes from

From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Mitchell
  • 2 syllables
Mitchell through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #291 among boys, with 32 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1988
    Mitchell Langerak born
    Australian association football player
  3. 1991
    Mitchell Duke born
    Australian association football player
  4. 1994
    Peak, #71
    5,370 babies named Mitchell, the most in any year.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #156.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Mitchell Duke · Australian association football player, born 1991
  • Mitchell Langerak · Australian association football player, born 1988
  • Mitchell Weiser · German association football player, born 1994
  • Mitchell Ryan · American actor, 1934–2022
  • Mitchell Watt · Australian track and field athlete, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.