Mitchell (surname)

Mitchell or Mitchel is an English, Scottish and Irish surname with three etymological origins. In some cases, the name is derived from the Middle English and Old French name Michel, a vernacular form of the name Michael. The personal name Michael is ultimately derived from a Hebrew name, meaning "Who is like God?". In other cases, the surname is derived from the Middle English words michel, mechel, and muchel, meaning "big". In some cases, the surname was adopted as an equivalent of Mulvihill; this English-language surname is derived from the Irish-language Ó Maoilmhichíl, meaning "descendant of the devotee of St. Michael".

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 65.5% of all bearers of the surname Mitchell were residents of the United States, 12.0% of England, 5.6% of Australia, 5.1% of Canada, 2.8% of Scotland, 2.4% of South Africa and 1.3% of Jamaica.
In Scotland, the frequency of the surname was higher than average in the following council areas:

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average in the following states:

People

A

Akil Mitchell, American basketball player
Alan Mitchell (botanist), British dendrologist and forester
Alexander Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Alfred Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Alvin Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Andrea Mitchell, American TV journalist
Andrew Mitchell, British politician
Arthur Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Austin Mitchell, British politician

B

Barbara Mitchell, British actress
Barry Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Belle Mitchell, American actress
Beth Mitchell, American competitive shag dancer
Betty Mitchell, multiple people
Beverley Mitchell, American actress
Billy Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Bo Levi Mitchell, American player of Canadian football
Bobby Mitchell, American football player
Brian David Mitchell, kidnapper of Elizabeth Smart
Broadus Mitchell, American historian
Bruce Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Bryant Mitchell, American football player
Bryce Mitchell, MMA fighter

C

Cal Mitchell, American baseball player
Cameron Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Casey Mitchell (basketball), American basketball player
Charlene Mitchell, American civil rights activist
Charles Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Charlotte Mitchell, British actress
Christina Mitchell, American politician
Christopher Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Chuck Mitchell, American actor
Cleta Mitchell, American lawyer, politician and activist
Colin Mitchell (cricketer), English cricketer
Colin Campbell Mitchell, British soldier and politician
Collin Mitchell, Canadian curler
Coulson Norman Mitchell, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross

D

Dale Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
DaMarcus Mitchell, American football player
Daniel Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Danyel Mitchell, American discus thrower and shot putter
David Mitchel, Scottish bishop
David Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Demetri Mitchell, English footballer
Denis Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Dennis Mitchell, American athlete
Dennis Mitchell (pilot), British air force pilot
Dervilla Mitchell, Irish engineer
Diana Mitchell, Zimbabwean historian and political activist
Dickon Mitchell, Grenadian Politician
Dillon Mitchell (gridiron football), American football player
Donovan Mitchell American basketball player
Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player

E

E. A. Mitchell, American politician
E. Belle Mitchell, American educator and activist
E. Coppée Mitchell, American professor
E. Roger Mitchell,, American actor
Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor born Claude Moine
Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut
Edith Mitchell, American Brigadier general and oncologist
Edward Mitchell, multiple people
Elijah Mitchell, American football player
Elisha Mitchell, American professor
Elizabeth Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Eugene Mitchell, American lawyer and politician
Ewan Mitchell, English actor
Ewing Mitchell, American actor

F

Frederick Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Fondren Mitchell, American football player

G

Garrett Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Gary Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Gay Mitchell Irish politician and member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency
Geneva Mitchell, American actress
George Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Glenn Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Guy Mitchell, American singer and actor

H

H. Lane Mitchell, American politician
Hannah Mitchell, English suffragette and socialist
Harold C. Mitchell, American lawyer and politician
Henry Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Howard Hawks Mitchell mathematician

I

Ian Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Isaac Mitchell (writer), New York newspaper publisher and author
Isaac B. Mitchell, New York state senator

J

Jackson Mitchell, American football player
Jacqui Mitchell, American bridge player
James Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Jamie Mitchell (boxer), professional boxer
Jane Mitchel, Irish nationalist
Jane E. Mitchell, African-American nurse
Jeff Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Jemma Mitchell, British–Australian convicted murderer
Joan Mitchell, American painter
John Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Joni Mitchell, Canadian musician and painter
Joseph Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Julian Mitchell, English screenwriter and occasional novelist
Juliet Mitchell, British psychoanalyst

K

Katie Mitchell, English theatre director
Keaton Mitchell, American football player
Keith Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Kel Mitchell, American actor
Kelsey Mitchell (basketball), American basketball player
Kenneth Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Kevin Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist, solo recording artist and former lead singer for the band Max Webster
Kris Mitchell, American football player

L

Latrell Mitchell, Australian rugby league footballer
Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast, two time Olympic gymnast
Laurie Mitchell, American actress
Leilani Mitchell, American basketball player
Leona Mitchell, American operatic soprano
Les Mitchel, American film actor and radio producer, director and actor
Leslie Mitchell (historian), British historian
Leslie R. Mitchell, British Scouter and radio amateur
Letila Mitchell, Rotuman performing artist from Fiji
Lezmond Mitchell, American criminal
Loften Mitchell, American playwright
Lois Mitchell, Canadian politician
Lucy Miller Mitchell, educator and activist
Lynette Mitchell, professor of Greek history and politics, University of Exeter

M

MacNeil Mitchell, New York politician
Maia Mitchell, Australian actress
Mairin Mitchell, Anglo-Irish author
Margaret Mitchell, American author
Margaret Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Margaretta Mitchell, American photographer and writer
Maria Mitchell, American astronomer
Marion Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Mark Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Martha Mitchell (director), American television director
Martha Beall Mitchell, wife of American politician John Mitchell
Martha Reed Mitchell, American philanthropist and socialite
Mason Mitchell American stock car racing driver
Matthew Mitchell (basketball), American basketball coach
Max Mitchell, American football player
Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, American suffragist
Melvin Mitchell, American football player
Michele Mitchell (diver), American diver
Michele Mitchell (journalist), American filmmaker, journalist and author
Mike Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Mitch Mitchell, drummer of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Myron Mitchell, American football player

N

Nathan Mitchell, Canadian actor
Noble L. Mitchell, American politician
Norman Mitchell, British actor
Norman Mitchell (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1950s

O

Oliver Mitchell, U.S. Marine killed in action during World War II
Ormsby M. Mitchel, American Civil War general
Osirus Mitchell, American football player

P

Patrick Mitchell (football), British Virgin Islands football manager
Patrick Mitchell (priest), English Anglican priest
Penelope Mitchell, Australian actress
Peter Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Priscilla Mitchell, American country music singer

Q

Quinyon Mitchell, American football player

R

Roma Mitchell, an Australian doctor
R. Clayton Mitchell Jr., American politician
Radha Mitchell, Australian film actress
R. J. Mitchell, British aeronautical engineer and designer of the Supermarine Spitfire
Rhea Mitchell, American film actress
Richard Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Robert Byington Mitchell, American Civil War general
Robin E. Mitchell, Fijian sports official and IOC member
Robert J. Mitchell, Distinguished geology Professor at Western Washington University
Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell, English author, historian, and archivist
Rosemary Mitchell, English academic Victorianist

S

Sam Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Samuel Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Saundra Mitchell, American novelist
Scott Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Seanna Mitchell, Canadian freestyle swimmer
Shannon Mitchell, American football player
Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress and director of the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation
Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
Silas Weir Mitchell (actor), American actor
Silas Weir Mitchell (physician), American surgeon
Stanley Mitchell, British translator, academic, and author
Stanley Robert Mitchell, Australian metallurgist and ethnologist
Steven Mitchell (American football), American football player
Stuart Mitchell, Scottish pianist and composer
Stuart Mitchell (American football), American football player
Sydney Mitchell, Scottish architect
Sydney B. Mitchell, Canadian librarian and horticulturist

T

Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer
Terence Frederick Mitchell, British linguist
Tevin Mitchel, American former football player
Thomas Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Tre Mitchell, American basketball player
Ty Mitchell, American writer and former actor
Tyrone Mitchell, American school shooter

V

Ve'ondre Mitchell, American internet celebrity and recording artist
Victor Mitchell, American businessman and politician

W

W. O. Mitchell, Canadian writer
Warren Mitchell, English actor
Warren Mitchell (basketball), American college basketball coach
Wendy Mitchell, British nurse, midwife, politician and public servant
Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist
William Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Willy Mitchell, Canadian First Nations musician

X

Xavier Mitchell, American professional baseball player

Z

Zack Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player

Fictional characters

Amy Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Archie Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Arthur Mitchell a.k.a. the Trinity Killer, a serial killer in the fourth season of the TV series Dexter
Ben Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Ben Mitchell, from the Australian horror film Wolf Creek
Beca Mitchell in Pitch Perfect
Billy Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
President Bill Mitchell, from the film Dave
Cameron Mitchell, from Stargate SG-1
Carla Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Clive Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Corporal Mitchell, a corrupt soldier in the British movie 28 Days Later
Courtney Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Cynthia Mitchell, main character in Lucky Stiff
Dana Mitchell, the Pink Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
Danny Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Dennis the Menace, cartoon character
Freddie Slater, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Gary Mitchell, villain in the original Star Trek series
Glenda Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Grant Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Hank Mitchell, from the novel and film "A Simple Plan"
Harold Mitchell, Blanche's would-be suitor in the play A Streetcar Named Desire and its various adaptations
Henry Mitchell, Paige's husband in Charmed
Honey Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Ike Mitchell, a murderous man in Lucky Stiff
Jack Mitchell, appears in numerous sketch stories by Henry Lawson
Jack Mitchell, protagonist in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Jacob Mitchell, from the novel and film "A Simple Plan"
Jamie Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Janet Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Jay Brown, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
John Mitchell, fictional vampire from the TV series Being Human
Kate Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Kathy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Kat Slater, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Little Mo Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Louise Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Madge Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Matthew Mitchell Cotton, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
The Mitchells family in The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Nadia Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Nanea Mitchell, American Girl character from World War II Hawaii
Peggy Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Lt. Pete Mitchell, in Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick
Phil Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Ricky Branning, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Ronnie Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Roxy Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Ryan Mitchell, the Titanium Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
Capt. Scott Mitchell, the protagonist and player character in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series
Sam Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Sharon Watts, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Ted Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Tiffany Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Wil Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Vi Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders''