# Melvin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɛlvɪn/ · frequency rank #18,623

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **merlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melvin-vs-merlin)
- **Mervyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melvin-vs-mervyn)
- **Mein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mein-vs-melvin)
- **melon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-melvin)
- **Malin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malin-vs-melvin)
- **Marvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvin-vs-melvin)
- **mellon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mellon-vs-melvin)
- **melton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-melvin)
- **malkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malkin-vs-melvin)
- **melting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melting-vs-melvin)
- **melanin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melanin-vs-melvin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emlvin`, `melivn`, `mellvin`, `melvinn`, `melvni`, `melvvin`, `mevlin`, `mlevin`, `mmelvin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/melvin