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meek Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: nickname for a self-effacing person or a gentle and compassionate one, from Middle English meke ‘humble’, ‘submissive’, ‘merciful’ (Old Norse mjúkr).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The meek name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the meek family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of meek Families in the US in 1920
Number of meek families
 83-164
 28-82		 1-27
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 586 - Messages: 1576
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Information on James Meek ameek6029 46
Joseph Meek of MD/VA & Lydia Thomas of MD DeborahMoran13 1
Jonathan Meek and Margaret Gardner Stephanie 30
Arkansas Meek SHarper8645 12
George W. Meek married Miranda Creed mamabug67 5
Nancy A. Meek (b. PA & d. WV) deehuggins304 0
Meek PatsieHatley 8
Val L. Meek, 49, KENNELLYMARKA 0
Meek Jadene 52
David Meek 1785 PA bahiacabrillo 2
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