Melville Forename

94,896th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,111 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Melville Forename Definition:

A Celtic name, meaning: Chief of the people.

Melville Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
1,5861:228,5867,789
England
100%
7181:77,4413,173
South Africa
99%
 
6321:86,2867,385
Canada
100%
4401:75,3034,285
Wales
100%
3671:8,431752
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Scotland
100%
1781:30,0581,210
Jamaica-1561:18,4821,594
India
100%
1201:10,123,983303,172
Philippines
87%
 
991:1,070,80328,597
New Zealand-881:51,5462,769
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
781:17,4542,185
Bahamas-461:8,6821,112
Guinea-341:348,7842,916
Australia-301:455,2547,571
Guyana
100%
281:27,2593,059
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Antigua and Barbuda-201:4,970915
Zimbabwe
100%
191:811,78030,897
Malaysia
93%
 
191:1,602,62849,521
Kenya-151:3,087,14121,962
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
151:3,657689
Liberia
100%
131:339,38910,356
Brazil
100%
131:16,479,704171,823
Barbados-111:26,3442,087
United States Virgin Islands-101:10,9751,397
Northern Ireland
100%
91:204,7941,831
Honduras-81:1,102,18311,893
Cameroon-81:2,701,31352,296
Nigeria
100%
71:25,366,337199,343
British Virgin Islands-61:5,208987
Israel
86%
 
61:1,400,48616,782
Saint Lucia
100%
51:35,5633,018
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
41:27,8953,010
Congo
100%
41:1,252,30119,043
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Seychelles-41:23,1681,192
Grenada
100%
31:36,0422,687
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
Mexico
67%
 
31:41,381,47674,307
Ireland
100%
31:1,547,8407,573
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Guernsey-11:63,331901
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Jersey-11:99,9802,122

Melville (22,110) may also be a surname.

Melville Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Celtic name, meaning: Chief of the people.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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