MELVILLE  

Gender: M
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: "settlement on infertile land"

All names ending in ville are in nowheresville.

Melville is being discussed in our message boards:

• Baby Boy Naming Dilemma
• Need a Cool First Name
• Siblings for Raphael
• Eclectic Yet Classic Names for Baby?
• m names...

Read Nameberry blog posts about Melville:

• THE LOST BOYS’ NAMES OF 1880
• BRITISH BABY NAMES: Quirky & Charming
• DAD NAMES: NOTEWORTHY NAMES OF SOME FAMOUS FATHERS