Melvin
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning friend of mills or council friend.
How Melvin has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #692 |
| 2016 | #729 |
| 2017 | #734 |
| 2018 | #720 |
| 2019 | #758 |
| 2020 | #753 |
| 2021 | #800 |
| 2022 | #830 |
| 2023 | #821 |
| 2024 | #872 |
| 2025 | #959 |
Melvin by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Melvin. In the US, 321 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,248 babies in 1928, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1925, about 1 in 280 American boys born that year was called Melvin.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melvin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean friendship
Like Melvin, each of these has friendship in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dakotafriends; allies2,330 in the US (2017)
- Edwinwealthy friend; prosperity and companionship1,027 in the US (2017)
- Khalilfriend; one who is close128 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alvinnoble friend; elf friend432 in the US (2017)
- Aldenold friend; from ald and wine425 in the US (2017)
- Bellamybeautiful friend; from bel ami381 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Melvin
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