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Mervyn

Welsh
"sea hill"
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Wed Feb 04 2026

Mervyn Origin and Meaning

Variation of Marvin
# 999 in the US

Mervyn Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Mervyn

  • Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin Jr.
    American television host, musician, singer, actor, and media mogul
  • Mervyn LeRoy
    American film director
  • Mervyn King
    English darts player
  • Mervyn Laurence Peake
    English novelist and artist
  • Mervyn Allister King
    Baron King of Lothbury, Governor of the Bank of England
  • Mervyn Gordon Rose
    Australian tennis player
  • Mervyn Malcolm Dymally
    U.S. Congressman from California
  • Mervyn Johns
    Welsh actor
  • Mervyn Edwin Warren
    American composer
  • Mervyn Touchet
    2nd Earl of Castlehaven, notoriously executed for sodomy in 1631

The name Mervyn in Pop Culture

  • Mervyn Phillips
    school friend to Huw Morgan in "How Green Was My Valley" (1939) by Richard Llewellyn
  • Mervyn's
    former department store chain
  • Sir Mervyn
    character in video game 'Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'

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