Marvin
Marvin is a male, particularly common in the English language first name .
Origin and meaning
In the English-speaking world, “Marvin (also Marvyn) is derived from the Welsh name 'Merfyn', from which several English family names have emerged”. The name Marvin has meanwhile returned to Germany via the English-speaking area. The original meaning of the name Marwin in the German-speaking area is derived from the Old High German 'mari' (famous / great) and wini (friend): the famous / great friend .
distribution
Before the 1980s, the name Marvin was not in use in Germany. His popularity grew in the eighties and nineties, so that in 1998 he was among the top ten given names. Since then, its popularity has decreased somewhat.
Name bearer
First name
- Marvin Lee Aday (born 1947), American rock singer and actor
- Marvin Angarita (* 1989), Colombian racing cyclist
- Marvin Bower (1903–2003), American business consultant
- Marvin Compper (* 1985), German soccer player
- Marvin Davis (1925-2004), American entrepreneur
- Marvin Friedrich (* 1995), German soccer player
- Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), American singer
- Marvin Gille (* 1992), German handball player
- Marvin Hagler (born 1954), American boxer
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012), American composer
- Marvin Harris (1927-2001), American anthropologist
- Marvin Hart (1876-1931), American boxer
- Marvin Jenkins (1932-2005), American musician
- Marvin Kaplan (1927-2016), American actor
- Marvin Martin (* 1988), French football player
- Marvin Matip (* 1985), German soccer player
- Marvin Minsky (1927–2016), American cognitive scientist
- Marvin Schwänke (* 1995), German soccer goalkeeper
- Marvin "Boogaloo" Smith (* 1948), American jazz musician
- Marvin Stefaniak (* 1995), German soccer player
- Marvin Webb , German DJ and music producer
- Marvin Weinberger (* 1989), Austrian soccer player
- Marvin Wijks (* 1984), Dutch football player
family name
- Cal Marvin (1924-2004), American ice hockey player, coach and manager
- Dudley Marvin (1786-1856), American politician
- Francis Marvin (1828–1905), American politician
- Frederick Marvin (1920–2017), American concert pianist and music researcher
- Gigi Marvin (* 1987), American ice hockey player
- Ira Marvin (1929–2012), American cameraman and film producer
- James M. Marvin (1809–1901), American lawyer and politician
- John Marvin (1927–1980), American sailor
- Johnny Marvin (1897–1944), American musician and songwriter
- Lee Marvin (1924–1987), American actor
- Niki Marvin , film producer
- Richard Marvin (composer) , American film composer
- Richard P. Marvin (1803-1892), American politician
- Ursula B. Marvin (1921–2018), American geologist
- William Marvin (1808–1902), American politician
stage name
- Hank Marvin (actually Brian Robson Rankin ; * 1941), British guitarist and songwriter
- Junior Marvin (actually Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr Richards Jr .; * 1949), Jamaican guitarist and singer
variants
- Merwin
- Marwin
- Marven
- Marvyn
- Merfyn
- Marvian
- Marvina
places
In literature and art
- Marvin, the depressed robot
- Marvin , a Swiss pop band
- Marvin the Martian
- Marvin (film) , French film directed by Anne Fontaine
Others
- (4309) Marvin , an asteroid
- Marvin-Nunatak , Nunatak in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Marvin (typeface) , a typeface (1969) by Michael Chave
swell
- ↑ Duden, The large first name dictionary. Mannheim 2003
- ↑ Statistics "Popular first names"