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First name origin & meaning:

Celtic: Chief

First name variations: Malvin, Melvyn, Mel, Mal

Last name origins & meanings:

1. Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Bheathain (see McIlwaine).
2. Scottish: variant of Melville 1.
3. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoil Mhín ‘descendant of the devotee of Maoilmhín’, a personal name meaning ‘gentle chieftain’.