Melville is a boy's name of English origin meaning “descendant of Maoilmhichil.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Melville belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “descendant of Maoilmhichil” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Melville first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #436 in 1880, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 2,269 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Melville means “descendant of Maoilmhichil” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Melville is a boy name.
Melville comes from the English & American tradition.
Melville first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #436 in 1880, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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