Meanings
alternative Mervin · alternative Mervine · alternative Mirfin
- A male given name from Welsh.
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"Thank you the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation," said Marvin and trudged desolately up the gleaming curved corridor that stretched out before them. "Let's build robots with Genuine People personalities, they said. So they tried out with me. I'm a personality prototype. You can tell can't you?"
1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Chapter 11 - A surname from Welsh.
- A place in the United States:
- A village in Union County, North Carolina.
- A small town in Grant County, South Dakota.
Origin
- WelshMerfyn“Mervyn”
- EnglishMarvin
From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mêr (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).
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Cite this entry
Marvin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marvin
“Marvin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marvin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marvin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marvin.
Source: Marvin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.