Etymology

Marvin

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Today it means: A male given name from Welsh. Full definition →

Welsh Merfyn
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived fromMerfyn“Mervyn”
  2. English todayMarvin

From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mêr (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).

Words from the same roots

WelshMerfyn all →

MervynMerwin

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