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Mervyn

OriginWelsh
Meaning"sea hill"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked

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About Mervyn

Terminally outmoded.

Mervyn is also given to girls.

Pronounced MER-vin.

As of October 2026, Mervyn ranked #13538 in US births in 2016 SSA, peaked at #828 in 1937.

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Famous Mervyns

  • Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin Jr.Boy

    American television host, musician, singer, actor, and media mogul

  • Mervyn LeRoyBoy

    American film director

  • Mervyn KingBoy

    English darts player

  • Mervyn Laurence PeakeBoy

    English novelist and artist

  • Mervyn Allister KingBoy

    Baron King of Lothbury, Governor of the Bank of England

  • Mervyn Gordon RoseBoy

    Australian tennis player

  • Mervyn Malcolm DymallyBoy

    U.S. Congressman from California

  • Mervyn JohnsBoy

    Welsh actor

  • Mervyn Edwin WarrenBoy

    American composer

  • Mervyn TouchetBoy

    2nd Earl of Castlehaven, notoriously executed for sodomy in 1631

Mervyn in pop culture

  • Mervyn PhillipsBoy

    school friend to Huw Morgan in "How Green Was My Valley" (1939) by Richard Llewellyn

  • Mervyn'sBoy

    former department store chain

  • Sir MervynBoy

    character in video game 'Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'

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