Mervyn

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

English form of the Welsh name Merfyn:

1) Combination of Welsh mer = 'marrow' and myn = 'eminent' [1]

2) Welsh mawr = 'big' [2]

3) Variant form of the Welsh name Myrddin = 'sea fortress' [3]

Related Names

     
Marvin ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Mervin ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Mervyn ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 7 9
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 n.a. 4 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 2 n.a 2
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Mervyn.

Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ Heini Gruffudd: Welsh First Names (2003)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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