Melville
Scottish
"settlement on infertile land"
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Updated Tue Feb 03 2026
Melville Origin and Meaning
Variation of Mel
# 973 in the US
Melville Rank in US Top 1000
Famous People Named Melville
- Melville Weston Fuller8th Chief Justice of the US
- Melville Davisson PostAmerican mystery novelist
- Melville Leslie MacnaghtenEnglish police commissioner who investigated Jack the Ripper
- (George) Melville CooperEnglish actor
- Melvil PoupaudFrench actor
- Richard Melville Hall aka MobyAmerican techno singer and songwriter
- Herman MelvilleAmerican novelist of "Moby Dick"
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