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Mervyn
Pronounced /ˈmɝ.vɪn/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1937 · #825
Origin
Welsh
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Mervyn in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1937 with 55 babies, ranked #825.
- It first shows up in the records in 1905.
- 1,581 boys have been named Mervyn since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Mervyn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 403 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 687 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 252 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 119 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 94 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Welsh Merfyn, probably from mer (“marrow”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mer) + myn (“eminent”) (compare Irish mín (“smooth, elegant, courteous”)).
- A male given name from Welsh.
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- /ˈmɝ.vɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Mervyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.