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Mervyn

Boy NameWelsh Origin

Meaning

From the Welsh name Merfyn, which possibly meant "marrow famous". This was the name of a 9th-century

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Name Personality

Based on famous people named Mervyn and cultural associations, this name tends to be associated with:

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Famous People Named Mervyn

Mervyn Meggitt

Mervyn John Meggitt (20 August 1924 – 13 November 2004 New York State) was an Australian anthropologist and one of the pioneering researchers of highland Papua New Guinea and of Indigenous Australian.

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Mervyn Wall

Mervyn Wall (1908–1997) was an Irish writer who was born in Dublin.

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Mervyn Bower

Mervyn John Bower (12 January 1934 – 30 September 2013) was an Australian pair skater who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics in a pairing with Jacqueline Mason.

Mervyn Fonseka

Mervyn Fonseka, OBE, KC (1897–1946) was a Sri Lankan lawyer.

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Mervyn Jones (writer)

Mervyn Jones (27 February 1922 – 23 February 2010Geoffrey Goodman Obituary, The Guardian, 26 February 2010) was a British novelist, journalist and biographer, the son of psychoanalyst Ernest.

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Mervyn in Other Languages

EnglishMarva
EnglishMarvin
WelshMerfyn
WelshMervin
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GermanMarvin
GermanMarwin

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