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Melville
OriginScottish
Meaning"settlement on infertile land"
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
GirlsUnranked
Below 5 births
BoysUnranked
Below 5 births
About Melville
All names ending in ville are in nowheresville.
Melville is also given to girls.
Pronounced MEL-vil.
As of October 2026, Melville ranked #6928 for boys in US births in 1981 and #4305 for girls in US births in 1921 SSA, peaked at #436 for boys in 1880 and #4268 for girls in 1920.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Boys #4,757
Girls #4,305
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Famous Melvilles
- Melville Weston FullerBoy
8th Chief Justice of the US
- Melville Davisson PostBoy
American mystery novelist
- Melville Leslie MacnaghtenBoy
English police commissioner who investigated Jack the Ripper
- (George) Melville CooperBoy
English actor
- Melvil PoupaudBoy
French actor
- Richard Melville Hall aka MobyBoy
American techno singer and songwriter
- Herman MelvilleBoy
American novelist of "Moby Dick"
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