Submitted Name Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English, Scottish Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 12/8/2015 by lilolaf Edited 12/8/2015 by lilolaf Meaning & History Habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel "middle" + tun "enclosure","settlement".