Melville

Scottish
"settlement on infertile land"

Melville Origin and Meaning

The name Melville is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "settlement on infertile land".

All names ending in ville are in nowheresville.

# 973 in the US

Melville Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Melville

  • Melville Weston Fuller
    8th Chief Justice of the US
  • Melville Davisson Post
    American mystery novelist
  • Melville Leslie Macnaghten
    English police commissioner who investigated Jack the Ripper
  • (George) Melville Cooper
    English actor
  • Melvil Poupaud
    French actor
  • Richard Melville Hall aka Moby
    American techno singer and songwriter
  • Herman Melville
    American novelist of "Moby Dick"