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Marvin Name Meaning and History

  1. from the Middle English personal name Merewine (Old English Maerwin, from mær ‘fame’ + win ‘friend’).
  2. from the Old English personal name Merefinn, derived from Old Norse Mora-Finnr.
  3. from the Old English personal name M?rwynn, composed of the elements m?r ‘famous’, ‘renowned’ + wynn ‘joy’.
  4. from the Welsh personal name Merfyn, Mervyn, composed of the Old Welsh elements mer, which probably means ‘marrow’, + myn ‘eminent’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of Marvin Families in the US in 1920
Number of Marvin families
 145-287
 49-144
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