Mervyn
Mervyn is a masculine given name and occasionally a surname which is of Old Welsh origin, with elements mer, probably meaning "marrow", and myn, meaning "eminent".
Meaning & Origin of Mervyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mervyn is a masculine given name and occasionally a surname which is of Old Welsh origin, with elements mer, probably meaning "marrow", and myn, meaning "eminent".
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The Story of Mervyn
Mervyn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1905, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1937, when 55 Mervyns were born — ranking #824 that year. As of 2026, Mervyn ranks #12,182 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 2K Mervyns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Mervyn
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- Mervyn or Merfyn Frych , king of Gwynedd ( c. 825 – c. 844 )
- Mervyn Archdall (disambiguation) , various people
- Mervyn S. Bennion (1887–1941), US Navy captain killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
- Mervyn Bishop (born 1945), professional photographer, the first Aboriginal Australian to work on a metropolitan daily newspaper
- Mervyn Carrick (born 1946), Northern Ireland politician
- Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch (born 1952), former banker and UK government minister
- Mervyn Davies (1946–2012), Welsh former rugby union player
- Mervyn Twynam Davis (Miss)(1916–1985), Australian landscape architect
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Names that sound like Mervyn
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About the name Mervyn
Mervyn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1905 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Mervyn's peak popularity came in 1937 when it ranked #824. Use the chart and map above to compare Mervyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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