Marvin

Meaning: Its source is Merfyn, a Welsh name meaning "Sea friend."

Languages: This boy's name is used in Dutch and English.

Source Forms: Merfyn

Popularity: The name Marvin ranked 338th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 115th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.

Narrative: Some authorities derive this name from Myrddin, the Welsh name of King Arthur's wizardly tutor (known in English as Merlin.) That name is interpreted to mean ''sea fortress.''

Some believe it is a combination of Marcel and Edwin.

Arts and Music

Marvin Lee Aday
- Meat Loaf (see list of Nicknames of Musicians)

Sports

Marvin Crawford
Skier.
- Elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1981 (see list of Members of the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame)
Marvin Hagler (born 1954)
American middleweight boxer.
- Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Modern inductees)
Marvin Panch
Race-car driver.
- 1961 Daytona 500 winner (see list of Daytona 500 Winners)

Stage and Screen

Marvin Gaye (born 1939, died 1984)
American musician, singer and songwriter.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
Marvin Miller
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
American composer and musician.
- 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for A Chorus Line (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)