Name meaning & stats
Melvin
Melvin means “gentle chief (debated)”. 140,924 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“gentle chief (debated)”
Debated
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
140,924 US babies were named Melvin between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Melvin (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Melvin is the main spelling
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)