Kent Surnames: Medgett
The Medgett surname appears to originate in Kent.
The Medgett ONS (see below) does not list any variants, although the spellings Medget, Midget, Madgett, Magick are noted.
Apparently a variant of Madgett. Compare Thomas Maget (buried) 1596, John Madget 1618, Elizabeth Medgett 1663 in IGI (Folkestone Kent).
Alternatively, a variant pronunciation of Meggitt with a ‘soft’ g. Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021.
The Medgett surname is included in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain (by Parkin, H) 2021.
The Medgett surname is not included in the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (by Hanks, Coates and McClure) 2016.
Since Medgett is a rare surname, there does not appear to be any famous Medgett's.
Travis Medgett played for the Ottawa 67's hockey team in the 2013 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
In the 1881 UK census there were 28 occurrences of the surname MEDGETT of which 27 were resident in Kent and one in Middlesex. Kent occurrences were in the districts of Gravesend (1), Elham (1), Thanet (2), Canterbury (3), Blean (5) and Eastry (14). All the occurrences in 1881 were from the same extended family.
According to the Forebears Website, in 2014 there were 55 occurrences in England, one in Scotland, one in Germany and eight in Canada.
One Name Study: https://one-name.org/name_profile/medgett/
Contact David Burgess, the Medgett One Name Study author - medgett@one-name.org
Or find Medgett surname interest researchers in the Kent FHS Members Interest database.
The following stories and articles have been published by Kent Family History Society about the Medgett surname:
Kent Surnames: Medgett by David Burgess
The following searches for Medgett can be undertaken on Kent FHS resources:
Kent FHS Website and Archive | Kent FHS Journal