Christian name Melton

[VICTORIA]

Hi can anyone tell me the origin of given name Melton/Milton. One of my ancestors were given this name and I wondered if it has any connection with given name Malcolm. The reason I am asking this is some of the males in family had M inserted in name eg; John M Brown. If I were to find out the meaning of this middle name I would need to send off for birth certificate ( which I do not want to do ) One relative knows M in his name is Malcom but he does not know if ancestor Melton/Milton could be origin of given name Malcolm.

Victoria

[rosie99]

It is possible that it was a surname of a parent or grandparent, surnames were often used a as first names. Have you traced the family further back

[barryd]

I looked up the Christian name Melton 1837-1980 on Free BMD and there are hundreds of them.

[stanmapstone]

On FreeBmd there are numerous people with the first or second Christian names of Melton or Milton from 1837 to 1983.

Stan

[KGarrad]

Middle names (well, second names anyway) are generally shown up to then end of the June qtr 1910.

From the September qtr, initials are shown.

[stanmapstone]

Middle or second names Melton are shown up to 1982 and Milton up to 1983.

Stan

[VICTORIA]

Thank you, a tall order I suppose, not going to find origin as person named Melton was adopted. Have no further information.
Victoria

[Kiltpin]

Many people have a middle initial for which there is no name -

 J K Rowling

Harry S Truman

Ulysses S Grant

Michael J Fox

Harry H Corbett

Regards

Chas

[iluleah]

Several options:
Often a child was given the given or middle name from his mothers or grandmothers surname, which can be useful to use as a clue when searching for female maiden names.

It 'originally' could have come from the name of a place ancestors took their surname from, like Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire...

I have several given names in my ancestry, including Grantham, Gossford, Granville, Blay