Name Melville

Meaning:

bad village

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About the name Melville in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Neville Details

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About Melville, the group of names with the same origin as Melville

Meaning/translation:	bad village
Language of origin:	Old French
Info about origin:	from an old Scottish family name
	the noble family had Norman-French ancestors that came from a place called Malleville meaning bad village
Words:	malle = bad Old French
	ville = the village, the settlement Old French
Topics:	Family name
Variants' top ranks:	18:Melvin Sweden 2009, 78:Melvyn England+Wales 1944
Name variants:	Malvin, Melville, Melvin, Melvyn Sortable list Details