Marvin

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Marvin

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• (surname): Mervin, Mervine, Mirfin

From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mer (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.vɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪn

Marvin

1. A male given name from Welsh.
   • 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Chapter 11:

     "Thank you the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation," said Marvin and trudged desolately up the gleaming curved corridor that stretched out before them. "Let's build robots with Genuine People personalities, they said. So they tried out with me. I'm a personality prototype. You can tell can't you?"

2. A surname from Welsh.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri.
   2. A village in Union County, North Carolina.
   3. A small town in Grant County, South Dakota.

• Hank Marvin

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

• varmin

From English Marvin, from Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mer (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).

• Hyphenation: Mar‧vin

Marvin

1. a male given name from Welsh

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Marvin.

• Marwin

Borrowed from English Marvin in the 20th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁvɪn/

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Marvin

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾbin/
• Rhymes: -aɾbin
• Syllabification: Mar‧vin

Marvin m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Marvin