meynell
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Etymology
Two main origins: * From Old French mesnil (“cottage”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling. * From a Norman female personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *maginą (“power, might”) and *hildiz (“battle, fight”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: mesnil, -