Marvyn
Boy · MAR-vin · Welsh
Marvyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marvyn mean?
Welsh: variant of Marvin, probably from Welsh Merfyn
A spelling of Marvin, probably from the Welsh name Merfyn, borne by a 9th-century king of Gwynedd.
- Say it
- MAR-vin
Is Marvyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Marvyn is a boys' name.
How popular is Marvyn in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Marvyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marvyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Nicknames for Marvyn
- Marv
Names like Marvyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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