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Marvin

boy name · Welsh origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

traditionally derived from Welsh Merfyn ('marrow' + 'eminent'), sometimes linked to Old English Maerwine 'famous friend'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1930s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Marvin peaked in the 1930s.

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