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Melville

in Iowa

There are 19 people with the last name "Melville" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

NameRank
Melville 19,397
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  1. is 19,393rd most common Meinerts
  2. is 19,394th most common Meline
  3. is 19,395th most common Mellody
  4. is 19,396th most common Melsa
  5. is 19,397th most common Melville
  6. is 19,398th most common Mensching
  7. is 19,399th most common Mensinger
  8. is 19,400th most common Merryfield
  9. is 19,401st most common Mesa

Similar Names and Nicknames

Melvin, Mulville, Mulvhill, Melvill, Melver, Malval, Melvelle, Melva, Melvyn, Melven

Most Common First Names for Melville

John, Robert, Alan, Bonnie, Brenda, Debbie, Derek, Jennifer, Kari, Katie

Meaning & History

Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the various places in Normandy called Malleville, from Latin mala ‘bad’ + ville ‘settlement’.

Irish (mainly Ulster): English surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Maoilmhichíl ‘descendant of Maoilmhichil’, a personal name meaning ‘devotee of (Saint) Michael’.

FOREBEARS The American novelist Herman Melville (1819–91) was a descendant of the Scottish Melvilles. His maternal grandfather was the revolutionary war general Peter Gansevoort (b. 1749 in Albany, NY). His paternal grandfather was Maj. Thomas Melville of Boston. Irish bearers of the name claim descent from Maol Mhichíl, a chief of Síol Muireadhaigh (Co. Roscommon) in the 9th century.

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