Melville (surname)
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- See also: Melville family
Melville is a surname and a given name. The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. The given name originates from England and Scotland.
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[edit] Origins
- Surname
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 meaning "bad", and ville meaning "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".[1]
- Given name
The given name Melville is of English and Scottish origin. The name is derived from the Scottish surname.[1]
[edit] Use
[edit] Surname
- Alan Melville, English playwright, composer, lyricist, scriptwriter and performer
- Alan Melville, South African cricketer
- Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville (d. 1754)
- Andrew Melville (1545 – 1622) Scottish theologian
- Arthur Melville, Scottish painter
- Betty Leslie-Melville, American conservationist
- David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, 2nd Earl of Melville (1660-1728)
- David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven, 5th Earl of Melville (1722-1802)
- George Melville, 4th Lord Melville (1636-1707) (became 1st Earl of Melville in 1690)
- George W. Melville, (1841 – 1912) United States admiral
- George Whyte-Melville, Scottish novelist
- Gertrude Melville, Australian politician
- Herman Melville, American author of Moby-Dick
- Jackson Melville, fictional character from Gilmore Girls
- several people, James Melville
- James Melville (1535-1617)
- James Melville (1556-1614)
- James Melville (1885–1931), British Labour Party politician, Solicitor-General 1929-1930
- James Melville of Halhill (1535 to 1617)
- Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director
- Kerry Reid, Australian tennis player Kerry Melville
- Michael Linning Melville
- Neil Melville, Australian actor
- Pauline Melville, British actress
- Ronald Melville, English botanist
- Ronald Ruthven Melville, 11th Earl of Leven, 10th Earl of Melville (1835-1906)
- Sam Melville (1934 – 1971) American bomb setter
- Stephen Melville, South African military man
- Ward Melville, American philanthropist
- William Melville (1850 – 1918) Irish law enforcement officer
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[edit] Given name
- Melville Arnott,
- Melville Baker,
- Melville Bell Grosvenor,
- Melville Clyde Kelly,
- Melville Cooper,
- Melville Eastham,
- Melville Fuller,
- Melville J. Herskovits,
- Melville Macnaghten,
- Melville Ruick,
- Melville Y. Stewart,
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Melville Name Meaning and History Retrieved on 2008-04-20
