Origin: Old English
Meaning: “mill town”
Variations, Nicknames and Sound Alikes:
Mel, Melvil, Melvin, Melvyn
Melville TV and Movie Quotes:
“Tell me, Melville, who have you worked with? Anybody I know.”
Monk: Mr. Monk Is At Your Service (2007)
“Melville J. Muchrocks is a crook.”
The Flintstones (1960 TV Series)
Famous people named Melville or its variations



1. Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901-82), president of Natl. Geographic
Society and editor of Natl. Geographic Magazine
2. Melville Jean Herskovits (1895-1963), American anthropologist
3. Melvil Dewey (1851-1933), American inventor, educator
born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
Melville Middle Names
Melville Arnold
Melville Charles
Melville Franklin
Melville Norman
Melville Phineas
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