Western numerology
Number 9 insight
Western numerology adds the letter values in the name and reduces them to a single guiding number.
Name profile
Melville at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- French Anglo Saxon Celtic
- Western numerology
- 9
- Indian numerology
- 3
- Characters
- 8
- Popular
- 166 family views
Number meaning for Melville
Indian numerology
Number 3 insight
Indian numerology uses a traditional letter map that many families prefer for cultural name matching.
Meaning and story
What does Melville mean?
Melville is listed in the BabyAZ name catalog with French, Anglo Saxon, Celtic context. Its meaning is recorded as: A Scottish surname based on a French place name; From Malleville; hillside; Leader; town by the mill
This meaning has been cleaned for a parent-friendly reading.
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from the new farmland; New town; New village; Variant of Nevil: From the new village Originally a surname, since the late 19th century has been used occasionally as a first name Famous Bearers: novelist Nevil Shute
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Mireille
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A variant of; God spoke; Hebrew - God Has Spoken; Miracle; To admire; Wonderful
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Grenville
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Filipino
attendant at a religious ceremony; perfect; Swiftness of Foot; The French form of Camilla or Camillus Although Camille is used as both a girl's and boy's name in France, outside France it is not used as a masculine name Famous bearer: the famous 1936 Greta Garbo film 'Camille'; The French form of Camilla or Camillus Famous bearer: The famous 1936 Greta Garbo film 'Camille'; Variant of the flower name Camelia
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Brother names
Brothers for Melville
Colville
Boy
French
'King Henry IV, Part 2' Sir John Colville; Place name in France
141 family views
Granville
Unisex
English
An English surname based on a French place name, meaning big town Used both as surname and given name; from the big town; The name Granuaile is of Irish beginning The importance of
146 family views
Grenville
Boy
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From the large town; They love companionship and want to work in peaceThey are s; Variant of Granville: An English surname based on a French place name, meaning big town Used both as surname and given name
130 family views
Sister names
Sisters for Melville
Granville
Unisex
English
An English surname based on a French place name, meaning big town Used both as surname and given name; from the big town; The name Granuaile is of Irish beginning The importance of
146 family views
Neville
Unisex
Indian
from the new farmland; New town; New village; Variant of Nevil: From the new village Originally a surname, since the late 19th century has been used occasionally as a first name Famous Bearers: novelist Nevil Shute
104 family views
Mireille
Girl
French
A variant of; God spoke; Hebrew - God Has Spoken; Miracle; To admire; Wonderful
123 family views
Camille
Unisex
Filipino
attendant at a religious ceremony; perfect; Swiftness of Foot; The French form of Camilla or Camillus Although Camille is used as both a girl's and boy's name in France, outside France it is not used as a masculine name Famous bearer: the famous 1936 Greta Garbo film 'Camille'; The French form of Camilla or Camillus Famous bearer: The famous 1936 Greta Garbo film 'Camille'; Variant of the flower name Camelia
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Kamille
Girl
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A variant of Camille; Free-born; Kamille is Born Free, a Noble One; noble Variant of Camilla; Servant for the temple
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Lucille
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French variant of Lucia: Light Famous Bearer: comedienne Lucille Ball; Light
110 family views
More origins
Same feeling, different origins
Grenville
Boy
English
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130 family views
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Boy
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from the golden village; Gold town Famous Bearer: aviator Orville Wright (1871-1948) who (along with his brother Wilbur) designed and built the first true airplane; Golden village; Spear strength
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