Mervin - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Mervin \m(e)-

is pronounced MER-ven. It is of Old Welsh origin, and its meaning is "sea friend". Also possibly "sea hill". Merfyn is the original form. See also Marvin and Merlin.

Mervin has 8 variant forms: Merven, Mervyn, Mervynn, Merwin, Merwinn, Merwyn, Murvin and Murvyn.

Baby names that sound like Mervin are Marvyn, Marven, Morven, Morvyn and Morfin.

Mervin is a somewhat common first name for men (#819 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#33242 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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