Mellon

English and Irish surname

"from Meulan; descendant of Meallán"

Mellon Origin and Meaning

The name Mellon is a boy's name meaning "from Meulan; descendant of Meallán".

Pittsburgh's Mellon family — founders of Mellon Financial Corporation and Carnegie Mellon University, among other things — gives their surname old money panache. They are Irish by heritage, giving their surname the meaning "descendant of Meallán", Meallán being an Irish given name from the word for "pleasant".

Mellon also exists as an English surname with Norman influence. This version means "from Meulan" (now Meulan-en-Yvelines — a commune outside of Paris).