Given name & surname
Mitchum
“who is like God?”
Mitchum is a variant of Mitchell. In English use, Mitchell carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mitchum is a variant of Mitchell. In English use, Mitchell carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mitchum is a variant of Mitchell. The history of Mitchell gives this family its wider story. Mitchell’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mitchum through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 126 as a first name in 2020; 3,636 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mitchum’s family of names
Mitchum has a related form in Mitchell.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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