melvin

melvin · noun¹

Used in the 1990s American TV show Salute Your Shorts and 1991 film Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Earlier origin unknown.

melvin · noun²

From the male given name Melvin.

Melvin · proper noun³

1. Old French · derived fromville“settlement”
2. Latin · derived frommala“bad”
3. English todayMelvin

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.

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