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Origin / History of the Mulliss Name

Recorded in the spellings of Mulles and Mulliss, this unusual surname can be either topographic or occupational.  It derives from the the medieval English term ‘mullehus,’ itself coming from the Olde English ‘mylen’, meaning a mill, plus a dialectal spelling of ‘hus’, meaning a house.  As such it describes either a person who lived at such a place, or perhaps worked there.  The more popular surname 'Mills' may derive from the same origins, although it in most cases it does describe somebody who lived by 'mills'.  The surname as Mulles; Mullis; and Mulliss, is chiefly recorded in the English Midlands and examples of the early recordings include: Joan del Milhous of Wakefield, Yorkshire, in the pipe rolls of that city in 1331; an Anne Mulles, the daughter of Wyllem Mulles, was christened at Alveston, 1608; an  Ann Mullis, the daughter of Matthew Mullis was christened at Pillerton Hersey, 1678; in 1845, Arabella Emma Mulliss married Harry Clews at Nuneaton.  The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry del Melnehous, in the pipe rolls of the county of Derbyshire, 1327.

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