Meek Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Meek belongs to the Meeks family of names, which has English roots. The family name meaning is “Gentle, humble”, the same as for Meeks.

• The same family of names includes Meeke.
• Meek drops the “s” of Meeks, a shortening that clerks often made.
• The 2010 US Census counted 14,970 people named Meek, ranking it number 2,419 among American surnames.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Arms associated with the name

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