Melvin.
A surname from Old French.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old French.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States: A former unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now incorporated into Clovis.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Ford County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Speaker Township, Sanilac County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Custer County, South Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: A town in McCulloch County, Texas.
Where this word comes from
Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from Latin mala (“bad”) + Old French ville (“settlement”). * Used to Anglicize Mac Gille Beathain in Scotland and Ó Maoil Mhín in Ireland.
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