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Name Melvyn

Meaning:

bad village

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About the name Melvyn in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Melvin, Devyn, Devyn, Elvan, Elvin, Kelvin, Malvin, Mervin, Sevyn, Sevyn Details

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

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

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Popularity lists that contain the name Melvyn

Series	Graph	Rankings
England+Wales decades		1944 78
France		2002 234