Gender:
Origin:
Latin
12 famous people named Melvill found on Wikipedia.
Melville is a surname and a given name.
The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. The place name Malleville is derived from the Latin elements mala("bad") and ville ("settlement"). In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Maoilmhichíl, which means "descendant of Maoilmhichil". The Gaelic personal name Maoilmhichil means "devotee of (Saint) Michael". The surname is sometimes spelled without the terminal "e": Melvill.
The given name originates from England and Scotland. The name is derived from the Scottish surname. It is also the name of a Scottish noble family.
Melville or Melvill.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Melvill | 1940 | Test pilot |
| 2 | Teignmouth Melvill | 1842 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| 3 | Charles Melvill | 1878 | Military leader |
| 4 | Robert Melvill | 1723 | British Army general |
| 5 | Henry Melvill | 1798 | British academic |
| 6 | Thomas Melvill | 1726 | Scottish physicist |
| 7 | Melvill Jones | 1887 | British engineer |
| 8 | Philip Melvill | 1796 | British East India Company Army officer |
| 9 | James Cosmo Melvill | 1845 | British naturalist |
| 10 | Teignmouth Philip Melvill | 1877 | Polo player |
| 11 | Georg Ernest Melvill | 1668 | |
| 12 | Philip Sandys Melvill |