Melvin Forename

2,067^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 488,973 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Honduras

Melvin Forename Definition:

A Celtic name, meaning: Chieftain.

Melvin Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	100%	202,718	1:1,788	361
Philippines	98%	100,971	1:1,050	205
Kenya	83%	24,028	1:1,927	353
Honduras	100%	23,037	1:383	53
Guatemala	99%	14,192	1:1,135	241
Sierra Leone	-	10,383	1:683	165
El Salvador	-	9,535	1:665	122
Nicaragua	99%	8,818	1:683	125
Liberia	99%	8,314	1:531	106
Canada	100%	7,906	1:4,191	685
England	100%	7,805	1:7,124	648
Dominican Republic	-	7,116	1:1,466	235
South Africa	99%	6,446	1:8,460	1,491
India	100%	5,771	1:210,514	21,574
Costa Rica	100%	5,538	1:861	188
Netherlands	100%	3,893	1:4,342	690
Venezuela	100%	3,135	1:9,634	1,039
Zambia	-	3,068	1:5,168	712
Ghana	-	2,922	1:9,236	927
Malaysia	98%	2,700	1:11,278	1,251
Indonesia	86%	2,127	1:121,281	13,146
Peru	93%	1,981	1:16,048	1,433
Panama	100%	1,846	1:2,116	424
Jamaica	-	1,779	1:1,621	386
Puerto Rico	-	1,505	1:2,359	281
Sri Lanka	-	1,359	1:15,305	2,132
Namibia	-	1,235	1:1,947	383
Mexico	95%	1,233	1:100,685	2,565
Malawi	98%	1,206	1:14,189	1,417
Singapore	99%	1,094	1:5,747	1,024
Nigeria	95%	1,034	1:171,726	7,855
Saudi Arabia	-	991	1:31,092	3,837
Suriname	100%	790	1:700	106
Papua New Guinea	51%	565	1:14,429	1,442
Cameroon	100%	544	1:39,725	2,800
Ecuador	-	518	1:34,222	1,486
Wales	100%	476	1:6,501	667
Fiji	-	460	1:1,940	537
Bangladesh	100%	458	1:348,169	14,530
Colombia	99%	443	1:107,853	3,394
Bolivia	100%	406	1:26,112	1,583
Australia	-	370	1:36,912	2,002
New Zealand	-	328	1:13,829	1,271
Thailand	100%	307	1:228,227	14,316
Congo	100%	283	1:17,700	1,902
Gabon	100%	281	1:6,702	1,252
Curaçao	100%	277	1:562	174
Tanzania	96%	275	1:191,958	8,139
Belize	100%	272	1:1,303	286
Bahrain	-	252	1:5,352	871
Malta	-	244	1:1,760	345
Brazil	100%	240	1:892,651	24,314
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	240	1:5,673	965
Bahamas	-	229	1:1,744	410
France	100%	226	1:294,117	4,057
Qatar	100%	222	1:10,674	1,723
Scotland	100%	203	1:26,356	1,135
United Arab Emirates	-	185	1:38,659	3,601
Germany	100%	180	1:537,099	5,505
Norway	100%	166	1:30,918	1,552
Zimbabwe	85%	166	1:92,915	6,856
Chile	97%	149	1:118,169	2,800
Ireland	100%	138	1:33,649	1,311
Saint Lucia	98%	132	1:1,347	237
Sweden	98%	132	1:74,681	3,493
Spain	100%	129	1:360,697	5,419
Taiwan	100%	129	1:184,261	17,009
Guam	-	122	1:1,317	295
Northern Mariana Islands	-	122	1:448	68
Uganda	65%	118	1:347,093	9,452
United States Virgin Islands	-	117	1:938	185
Botswana	100%	116	1:18,831	2,313
Oman	-	115	1:35,728	2,181
Barbados	-	114	1:2,542	523
China	-	106	1:12,887,319	59,864
Brunei	-	102	1:4,113	410
Belgium	100%	100	1:114,900	3,697
Egypt	-	87	1:1,056,333	18,582
Cuba	-	83	1:138,633	2,370
Guyana	100%	71	1:10,750	1,607
Solomon Islands	100%	71	1:8,182	858
DR Congo	90%	68	1:1,085,700	31,208
Kuwait	-	66	1:57,352	4,703
British Virgin Islands	100%	64	1:488	56
Hong Kong	-	64	1:121,136	2,925
American Samoa	-	60	1:931	91
Saint Kitts and Nevis	100%	54	1:1,016	220
Bermuda	-	51	1:1,271	283
Mozambique	-	49	1:555,987	1,346
Switzerland	100%	46	1:178,554	4,373
Grenada	100%	42	1:2,574	517
Portugal	-	37	1:281,375	5,179
Micronesia	-	35	1:3,043	394
Iraq	100%	34	1:1,029,937	8,327
Aruba	-	33	1:3,145	634
Antigua and Barbuda	-	32	1:3,106	634
Seychelles	-	32	1:2,896	621
Turks and Caicos Islands	100%	27	1:1,285	317
Argentina	91%	26	1:1,645,125	6,777
Estonia	100%	26	1:50,592	2,900
New Caledonia	100%	26	1:10,391	1,033
Israel	84%	25	1:336,117	8,046
Myanmar	-	25	1:2,077,931	882
Northern Ireland	100%	24	1:76,798	1,378
Albania	100%	24	1:126,940	8,010
Marshall Islands	100%	24	1:2,135	322
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	24	1:4,649	822
Russia	100%	21	1:6,868,272	29,833
Finland	100%	19	1:288,589	4,209
Serbia	100%	19	1:376,091	4,433
Japan	-	17	1:7,528,592	31,633
Angola	-	16	1:1,685,413	2,877
Pakistan	100%	16	1:12,147,355	77,853
Bulgaria	75%	15	1:466,026	7,553
Slovenia	100%	15	1:163,917	3,542
South Korea	-	15	1:369,628	10,743
Denmark	-	14	1:403,536	6,849
Italy	95%	12	1:5,088,508	23,387
Uruguay	100%	12	1:285,636	4,451
Afghanistan	-	11	1:2,965,774	21,963
Jersey	-	10	1:9,998	868
Mauritius	100%	10	1:129,778	3,502
Turkey	100%	10	1:7,780,171	28,511
Gibraltar	-	9	1:3,793	625
Sudan	100%	9	1:4,200,775	4,893
Monaco	100%	8	1:4,808	802
Anguilla	100%	7	1:1,894	342
Hungary	100%	7	1:1,398,824	3,444
Kosovo	-	7	1:265,920	9,118
Macau	-	7	1:86,887	752
Austria	100%	6	1:1,419,034	8,656
Paraguay	100%	6	1:1,206,134	7,440
Algeria	-	5	1:7,635,344	12,071
Cayman Islands	-	5	1:12,260	1,512
Croatia	100%	5	1:843,415	7,845
Dominica	-	5	1:15,094	483
Montserrat	-	5	1:975	152
Bosnia and Herzegovina	100%	4	1:881,114	5,655
Czechia	100%	4	1:2,664,040	5,608
Equatorial Guinea	-	4	1:284,422	684
Gambia	-	4	1:481,649	818
Lesotho	100%	4	1:509,999	25,489
Poland	100%	4	1:9,506,778	5,827
Rwanda	-	4	1:2,842,858	2,668
Turkmenistan	-	4	1:1,368,218	2,487
Vietnam	-	4	1:23,155,778	5,302
Benin	-	3	1:3,525,281	51,145
Cambodia	-	3	1:5,424,443	41,412
Haiti	-	3	1:3,575,651	30,510
Lebanon	67%	3	1:1,875,857	11,580
Luxembourg	-	3	1:188,016	3,003
Armenia	-	2	1:1,459,376	10,220
Kazakhstan	-	2	1:8,873,422	35,327
Maldives	-	2	1:216,952	3,781
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	-	2	1:2,914	288
Belarus	100%	1	1:9,482,384	20,892
Cape Verde	100%	1	1:529,151	6,361
Central African Republic	-	1	1:4,515,390	1,073
Chad	-	1	1:13,598,398	15,363
Cook Islands	-	1	1:18,153	1,349
Cyprus	-	1	1:871,076	5,368
Djibouti	-	1	1:915,664	2,132
Ethiopia	-	1	1:97,560,133	29,608
Georgia	100%	1	1:3,738,466	29,095
Greece	-	1	1:10,934,548	22,228
Iceland	-	1	1:366,017	7,938
Iran	-	1	1:78,496,868	65,150
Ivory Coast	100%	1	1:23,075,933	135,227
Jordan	-	1	1:8,826,774	11,126
Kyrgyzstan	-	1	1:5,973,277	46,622
Laos	-	1	1:6,586,856	1,888
Libya	-	1	1:6,221,309	3,060
Mali	-	1	1:16,977,755	8,714
Nauru	100%	1	1:11,927	903
Nepal	-	1	1:28,487,352	119,417
Palau	-	1	1:21,711	239
Palestine	100%	1	1:4,550,058	5,739
Romania	-	1	1:20,051,976	55,376
Syria	-	1	1:19,306,075	9,560
Togo	-	1	1:7,239,239	8,047
Tunisia	-	1	1:676,902	12,933
Ukraine	-	1	1:45,499,908	32,056
Vanuatu	-	1	1:261,792	1,604

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The alternate forms: Melvín (3) & Mélvin (2) are calculated separately.

Melvin (34,413) may also be a surname.

Melvin Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A Celtic name, meaning: Chieftain.

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

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Melvin Forename Popularity

Melvin Demographics

Average Male Melvin Height

175.62^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 3,183 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Melvín	94	3	/
Mélvin	94	2	/
Melvina	92	12,051	/
Melvine	92	9,717	/
Mhelvin	92	375	/
Melvien	92	174	/
Melving	92	98	/
Melvain	92	27	/
Melvinn	92	19	/
Melvhin	92	15	/
Mielvin	92	10	/
Melvion	92	10	/
Meilvin	92	9	/
Melvein	92	6	/
Meelvin	92	5	/
Melvinh	92	4	/
Mmelvin	92	4	/
Maelvin	92	3	/
Mealvin	92	3	/
Melvind	92	3	/
Melvint	92	3	/
Melvoin	92	3	/
Melhvin	92	2	/
Melvijn	92	2	/
Melvinc	92	2	/
Melvisn	92	1	/
Mel'vin	92	1	/
Hmelvin	92	1	/
Melvinne	86	20	/
Melvaine	86	6	/
Mhelvien	86	4	/
Mielvien	86	2	/
Mhelvina	86	2	/
Mhelvine	86	2	/
Melvhien	86	1	/
Mhellvin	86	1	/
Mhelvind	86	1	/
Meelvain	86	1	/
Mealvine	86	1	/
Mellevin	86	1	/
Melvinzz	86	1	/
Melvyn	83	26,638	/
Malvin	83	13,638	/
Melven	83	2,114	/
Milvin	83	389	/
Molvin	83	113	/
Melvim	83	73	/
Mylvin	83	43	/
Mlevin	83	12	/
Melvjn	83	2	/
Melvhn	83	1	/
Melvicent	80	3	/
Miaelvina	80	1	/
Malvien	77	193	/
Melvene	77	143	/
Melveen	77	101	/
Melvyne	77	83	/
Malvain	77	42	/
Melvyna	77	38	/
Milvina	77	27	/
Melvynn	77	23	/
Mhelven	77	21	/
Mailvin	77	15	/
Mielven	77	7	/
Malvinë	77	7	/
Milvain	77	6	/
Melvean	77	6	/
Maylvin	77	6	/
Mallvin	77	6	/
Milvine	77	6	/
Mhalvin	77	5	/
Mmalvin	77	5	/
Mhelvyn	77	4	/
Malvinn	77	4	/
Milvien	77	3	/
Mylvina	77	3	/
Mhilvin	77	3	/
Melveyn	77	3	/
Melhven	77	2	/
Meilven	77	2	/
Melvync	77	2	/
Melvhen	77	2	/
Moelven	77	2	/
Milvein	77	1	/
Milvion	77	1	/
Meilvyn	77	1	/
Maelven	77	1	/
Mylvine	77	1	/
Malvein	77	1	/
Melvent	77	1	/
Maalvin	77	1	/
Melvynne	71	11	/
Mailvina	71	9	/
Melveene	71	7	/
Melhveen	71	3	/
Melveane	71	2	/
Milvaine	71	2	/
Mahalvin	71	1	/
Melvenne	71	1	/
Mhelveen	71	1	/
Mhelvene	71	1	/
Mhelvenn	71	1	/
Mhelvhen	71	1	/
Mhelwein	71	1	/
Mealveen	71	1	/
Mellevyn	71	1	/
Maylvine	71	1	/
Maylevin	71	1	/
Milven	67	1,089	/
Malven	67	637	/
Molven	67	38	/
Mylven	67	27	/
Milvyn	67	23	/
Molvyn	67	11	/
Melvym	67	8	/
Melvem	67	4	/
Mylvyn	67	2	/
Melivania	67	2	/
Malvín	67	1	/
Myelviyannie	67	1	/

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Melvin Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Melvin in the Russian language
Мелвин	melvin	-

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Footnotes

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Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melvin