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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #291 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.