Meaning of Melvin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Old French.
2. A wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
   slang
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama.
6. A former unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now incorporated into Clovis.
7. A village in Ford County, Illinois.
8. A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
9. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
10. A village in Speaker Township, Sanilac County, Michigan.
11. An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
12. A ghost town in Custer County, South Dakota.
13. A town in McCulloch County, Texas.

Equivalents

Examples

“Melville always wrote his name Melvinus in Latin, and he is often called Melvin in English. Hence some have concluded that Melvin, and not Melville, was his proper name. But they are merely different modes of pronouncing the same family appellation.”

“And for some reason, they called me Pete. My mother, who probably dug up the name Melvin from some romantic novel about Englishmen drinking tea, cringed at the "Pete".”

“On Monday, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency placed a similar detainer on Melvin Jovel, 18, who on Sunday was the sixth person to be arrested in the case.”

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