Name meaning & stats
Melvyn
Melvyn means “gentle chief (debated)”. 2,502 US babies since 1940, peak 1941.
What it means
“gentle chief (debated)”
Spelling of Melvin
In US birth records
Peak year: 1941
2,502 US babies were named Melvyn between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Melvyn (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 57 Melvins spell it Melvyn
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1941)