Melville (name)
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Melville is a surname and a given name. The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. The given name originates from England and Scotland. It is also the name of a Scottish noble family.
Origins[edit]
- Surname
In Scotland the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. The place name Malleville is derived from the Latin elements mala meaning "bad", and ville meaning "settlement". In Ireland the surname is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Maoilmhichíl which means "descendant of Maoilmhichil". The Gaelic personal name Maoilmhichil means "devotee of (Saint) Michael".[1] The surname is sometimes spelled without the terminal "e": Melvill.
- Given name
The given name Melville is of English and Scottish origin. The name is derived from the Scottish surname.[1]
People[edit]
Surname[edit]
- Alan Melville (1910–1983), South African cricketer
- Alan Melville (writer) (1910-1983), English playwright & composer
- Alex Melville (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Gordon Melville (1819-1901), Irish anatomist
- Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven (died 1754)
- Andy Melville (b. 1968), Welsh footballer
- Andrew Melville (1545–1622), Scottish theologian
- Arthur Melville (1858–1904), Scottish painter
- Charles Melville (1828-1867), US sailor
- Charles B. Melville (fl. 1890-1900s), US political figure (California)
- Christian Melville (1913-1984), Scottish rugby player
- Craig Melville (fl. 1990-2000s), Australian comedy director
- Cyron Melville (b. 1984), Danish actor & musician
- Dan Melville (b. 1956), US football player
- David Melville (disambiguation), several people
- Elizabeth Melville (1578-1640), Scottish poet
- Ellen Melville (1882–1946), New Zealand political figure
- Esme Melville (1918-2006), Australian actor
- Francis Melville (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frank Melville (1903-1971), Australian football player
- Fred Melville (1882–1940), early British philatelist
- George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636–1707), Scots aristocrat and statesman
- George W. Melville (1841–1912), engineer, Arctic explorer and author
- Gertrude Melville (1884–1959), Australian politician
- Greg Melville (b. 1979), US sportswriter
- Harry Melville (1930-1965), Australian rugby player
- Henry Melville (1799-1873), Australian author
- Herman Melville (1819–1891), US author (Moby-Dick)
- James Melville (disambiguation), several people
- Jean-Pierre Melville (1917–1973), French film director
- Jennie Melville, pen name of British crime fiction author Gwendoline Butler (1922-2013)
- John Melville (1902-1986), British artist
- John Melville (cricketer) (1895-1951), Scottish cricket player
- John Melville of Raith (d. 1548), Scottish Laird
- Ken Melville (b. 1931), Australian football player
- Kerry Melville, birth name of Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
- Lee Melville (b. 1970), Bahamas cricket player
- Sir Leslie Melville (1902–2002), Australian economist
- Lewis Melville, pen name of British author Lewis Saul Benjamin (1874-1932)
- Marvin Melville US athlete in Olympic ski competition 1956, 1960, 1964
- Michael Linning Melville (1805-1878), Sierra Leone political figure
- Miranda Melville (b. 1989), US racewalker
- Neil Melville (fl. 1980s), Australian actor
- Nigel Melville (b. 1961), British rugby player
- Ninian Melville (1843-1897), Australian political figure
- Paul Melville (1956-1978), Australian cricket player
- Pauline Melville (born 1948), Guyana-born British actress & writer
- Robert Melville (1723-1809), Scottish botanist & inventor
- Robert Melville (art critic) (1905-1986), British art critic & journalist
- Robert Melville (politician) (1919-1982), Australian political figure
- Rodney Melville (fl. 1990-2000s), US judge
- Ronald Melville (1903–1985), English botanist
- Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven (1835–1906)
- Rose Melville (1873-1946), US actor
- Sam Melville (1934–1971), US anarchist
- Sam Melville (actor) (1936-1989), US television actor
- Scott Melville (b. 1966), US tennis player
- Stephen Melville (1904–1977), South African military man
- Thomas Melville (disambiguation), several people
- Ward Melville (1887–1977), US businessman & philanthropist
- William Melville (1850–1918), Irish law enforcement official
Given name[edit]
- J. Melville Broughton (1888-1949), US political figure (North Carolina)
- Melville Amasa Scovell (1855-1912), US academic
- Melville Arnott (1909-1999), British academic
- Melville Baker (1901–1958), US film writer
- Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), US magazine editor
- Melville Brandt (1919-2008), US actor
- Melville Brown (disambiguation), several people
- Melville Bull (1854-1909), US political figure
- Melville Clyde Kelly (1883–1935), US political figure (Pennsylvania)
- Melville Cook (1912-1993), British musician
- Melville Cooper (1896–1973), British actor
- Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930), US author
- Melville De Lloyd (1917-1985), Welsh rugby player
- Melville de Mellow (1913-1989), India radio personality
- Melville "Melvil" Dewey (1851-1931), US library classification expert
- Melville E. Abrams (1912-1966), US political figure
- Melville Eastham (1885–1964), US radio executive
- Melville Elijah Stone (1848-1929), US newspaper executive
- Melville Fuller (1833–1910), US judge
- Melville Gideon (1884-1933), US musician & composer
- Melville Guest (b. 1943), British diploman
- Melville H. Long (1889-1969), US athlete in tennis
- Melville Harold "Mel" Bungey (b. 1934), Australian political figure
- Melville Hatch (1898-1988), US entomologist
- Melville Henry Cane (1879-1980), US poet & lawyer
- Melville Henry Massue (1868-1921), British genealogist & author
- Melville E. Ingalls (1842-1914), US political figure (Massachusetts)
- Melville J. Herskovits (1895–1963), US anthropologist
- Melville J. Salter (1834-1896), US political figure
- Melville J. Shaw (1872-1927), US military figure
- Melville Jacobs (1902-1971), US anthropologist
- Melville James (1877-1957), Australian Anglican bishop
- Melville Jones (1866-1941), Anglican bishop
- Melville Lance Cooke (1934-2013), New Zealand rugby player
- Melville Lyons (1889-1955), New Zealand political figure
- Melville Macnaghten (1853–1921), British political figure
- Melville Marks Robinson (1888-1974), Canadian athlete & sports organizer
- Melville McKee (b. 1994), British race car driver
- Melville Nimmer (1923-1985), US lawyer
- Melville Pengelly (1901-1973), New Zealand cricket umpire
- Melville Pettengill Merritt (1897-1986), US football player
- Melville Portal (1819-1904), British political figure
- Melville R. Hopewell (1845-1911), US political figure (Nebraska)
- Melville Reuben Bissell (1843-1889), US inventor & businessman
- Melville Rogers (1899-1973), Canadian figure skater
- Melville Ruick (1898–1972), US actor & musician
- Melville Ryan (1933-2015), British cricket player
- Melville S. Green (1922-1979), US physicist
- Melville Sewell Bagley (1838-1880), US-born Argentine businessman & winemaker
- Melville Shavelson (1917-2007), US film director
- Melville Shyer (1895-1968), US film director
- Melville Spence (1936-2012), Jamaican sprinter
- Melville Vail (1906-1983), Canadian hockey player
- Melville W. Beardsley (1913-1998), US inventor
- Melville W. Brown (1887-1938), US film director
- Melville Waddington (1895-1945), Canadian pilot
- Melville Wallace (1887-1943), South African sports shooter
- Melville Y. Stewart (b. 1935), US educator
Fictional characters[edit]
- Jackson Melville, a character in Gilmore Girls
See also[edit]
- Henry Melvill (1798–1871), Anglican priest
- Mike Melvill, US pilot
- Philip Melvill (East India Company officer) (1796-1882), British official in India
- Pieter Melvill van Carnbee (disambiguation)
- Teignmouth Melvill (1842–1879), VC
- Thomas Melvill (1726-1732), Scottish natural philosopher
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