Mervyn

Welsh
"sea hill"

Mervyn Origin and Meaning

The name Mervyn is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "sea hill".

Terminally outmoded.

# 999 in the US

Mervyn Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Mervyn

  • Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin Jr.American television host, musician, singer, actor, and media mogul
  • Mervyn LeRoyAmerican film director
  • Mervyn KingEnglish darts player
  • Mervyn Laurence PeakeEnglish novelist and artist
  • Mervyn Allister KingBaron King of Lothbury, Governor of the Bank of England
  • Mervyn Gordon RoseAustralian tennis player
  • Mervyn Malcolm DymallyU.S. Congressman from California
  • Mervyn JohnsWelsh actor
  • Mervyn Edwin WarrenAmerican composer
  • Mervyn Touchet2nd Earl of Castlehaven, notoriously executed for sodomy in 1631

Mervyn in Pop Culture

  • Mervyn Phillipsschool friend to Huw Morgan in "How Green Was My Valley" (1939) by Richard Llewellyn
  • Mervyn'sformer department store chain
  • Sir Mervyncharacter in video game 'Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'