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How to pronounce Melville (MEL-vil)

Melville

MEL-vil

MELvil

Scottish surname used as a given name. Two syllables, stress on the first.

Notes

Scottish surname used as a given name. Two syllables, stress on the first.

Origin & meaning

Origin
Scottish
Meaning
bad town (originally a Norman place name)

Notable people

  • Herman Melville (American novelist — surname)

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