Melville



Gender:
Origin: French, Latin
127 famous people named Melville found on Wikipedia.
2269 male, 14 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 6929-th in year 1981
Best ranking: 436-th in year 1880
Used in: English

Meanings

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.


Habitational name from any of the various places in Normandy called Malleville; from Latin mala (bad) and ville (settlement).

Famous People: 127 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Herman Melville 1819 American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet
2 Jean-Pierre Melville 1917 French film director
3 Melville Fuller 1833 United States federal judge
4 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742 Advocate and politician
5 William Melville 1850 British spy
6 Melville Cooper 1896 Actor
7 Melville J. Herskovits 1895 American anthropologist
8 Cyron Melville 1984 Danish actor and musician
9 Sam Melville 1934 American activist
10 Melville Macnaghten 1853 British police comissioner
11 Melville Bell Grosvenor 1901 American magazine editor
12 Melville Nimmer 1923 American legal scholar
13 Nigel Melville 1961 English rugby union player
14 Ward Melville 1887 American businessman
15 Melville Shavelson 1917 American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author
16 Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville 1771 British politician
17 George W. Melville 1841 United States admiral
18 Melville Ruick 1898 American actor
19 Andy Melville 1968 Welsh footballer
20 Pauline Melville 1948 Guyanese writer
21 Andrew Melville 1545 Scottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer
22 Éric Melville 1961 South African rugby union player
23 Arthur Melville 1855 British artist
24 Tim Melville 1989 American professional baseball pitcher
25 Melville Reuben Bissell 1843
26 Scott Melville 1966 US tennis player
27 Elizabeth Melville Scottish poet
28 Rodney Melville 1941 American judge
29 Melville Davisson Post 1869 American author
30 Alan Melville 1910 English broadcaster, writer, playwright and wit
31 Neil Melville Australian actor
32 Esme Melville 1918 Australian theatre, television and film actress
33 Melville Y. Stewart 1935 American philosopher
34 Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville 1801 British Army general
35 Kerry Reid 1947 Australian tennis player
36 Melville Elijah Stone 1848 American newspaper founder
37 Melville de Mellow 1913 Indian radio presenter
38 Gert Melville 1944 German medievalist
39 George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville 1636 Scottish politician and noble
40 Melville Clyde Kelly 1883 American politician
41 Leslie Melville 1902 Australian economist
42 Melville Jacobs 1902 American anthropologist
43 Stephen Melville 1904 South African Air Force general
44 Melville Henry Cane 1879 American writer and lawyer
45 Miranda Melville 1989
46 Melville Henry Massue 1868 British genealogist and author
47 Ken Melville 1931 Australian rules footballer
48 Melville Marks Robinson 1888 Sports reporter, founder of the Commonwealth Games
49 Ellen Melville 1882 New Zealand politician
50 Lewis Melville 1874 English author
51 Melville Eastham 1885 American electrical engineer
52 Fred Melville 1882 British philatelist
53 Melville W. Brown 1887 American film editor
54 Melville Shyer 1895 American film director
55 Craig Melville Australian filmmaker
56 Melville McKee 1994 British racing driver
57 Melville E. Ingalls 1842 American businessman
58 Melville W. Beardsley 1913 American inventor
59 Melville Edelstein
60 Melville Rogers 1899 Figure skater
61 Alexander Gordon Melville 1819 Irish anatomist
62 Melville S. Green 1922 Physicist
63 Ronald Melville 1903 British botanist
64 Henry Melville 1799 Australian writer and journalist
65 Melville Arnott 1909 British academic
66 Melville Baker 1901 American screenwriter
67 Paul Melville 1956 Cricketer
68 Melville Sewell Bagley 1838 Originator:archetypical Argentine national liqueur Hesperidina/holder:first patent/trademark registered in Argentina on that product
69 Melville Waddington 1895 Canadian World War I flying ace
70 Melville Gideon 1884 American composer
71 Heather Melville 1962
72 Melville Cook 1912 British musician
73 Melville De Lloyd 1917 Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
74 Melville Bull 1854 American Representative from Rhode Island
75 Charles Melville 1828 United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
76 Michael Linning Melville British lawyer, judge and colonial governor
77 Melville Guest 1943 English cricketer
78 Francis Dawes Melville British Colonial administrator
79 Dan Melville 1956
80 Melville E. Abrams 1912 New York politician
81 Melville J. Salter 1834 Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
82 Melville Jones 1866 Anglicah bishop
83 Greg Melville 1970 American journalist
84 Melville Lyons 1889 New Zealand politician
85 Melville Portal 1819 British politician
86 Gertrude Melville 1884 Australian politician
87 Tony Melville 1952 Finnish politician and journalist
88 Rose Melville 1873 American actress
89 Melville Hatch 1898
90 Melville R. Hopewell 1845 American politician
91 Ninian Melville 1843 Australian politician
92 Melville James 1877 Australian bishop
93 Melville Vail 1906 Canadian ice hockey player
94 David Melville 1813 British clergyman
95 Melville Pengelly 1901 Umpire
96 Robert Melville 1919 Australian politician
97 Melville Best Anderson 1851 American academic
98 Melville J. Shaw 1872 Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient
99 Melville H. Long 1889 American tennis player
100 Melville Amasa Scovell 1855
101 J. Keith Melville 1921 American political scientist
102 Christian Melville 1913 Scottish rugby union player
103 Lee Melville 1970 Bahamian cricketer
104 Velma Caldwell Melville 1858 19th-century American editor, and writer of prose and poetry
105 Melville Rysdale Ten Broeke 1891
106 Melville Wallace 1887 Sports shooter
107 Carl Melville 1875 German sculptor
108 Thomas Melville 1852
109 Melville Scott
110 John Melville 1895 Scottish cricketer
111 Andreas von Melville 1624
112 Frank Melville 1903
113 Melville D. Landon 1839 American humorist
114 Charles P. Melville 1951
115 Robert Dundas, 9th Viscount Melville 1937 British politician
116 James Melville 1909
117 Antonia von Melville German actress
118 Guy Melville 1968 New Zealand rower
119 Melville Horne 1761
120 Melville Schachter 1920 Canadian physician
121 E. W. Melville 1870
122 Donald Melville Scottish-born Australian politician
123 Harry Melville 1930 Australian rugby league player
124 Melville Birks
125 Melville Baird 1949
126 Melville Richards 1910 Welsh scholar
127 Douglas Melville 1928 South African water football player