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Culturally speaking, Melvin has two associations, one positive and one negative. The positive one is the Seattle band the Melvins who are one of the few grunge bands to actually be grunge. And the negative one is the frontal wedgie made famous by Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.
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Melvin Van Peebles of "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" is the first Melvin I think of. He should be on the namesakes, he's a very important figure in African-American cinema history.
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Melvin Sia is a Malaysian actor, model and singer. He won the Best Actor Award at the Malaysia Golden Awards for his role in 'Romantic Delicacies'. He also won Most Popular Actor in Viewers' Choice category in the same award.
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Melvin Gibbs is an American bass guitarist who has appeared on close to 200 albums in diverse genres of music. Among others, Gibbs is known for working in jazz with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and guitarist Sonny Sharrock, and in rock music with Rollins Band and Arto Lindsay.
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Melvin "Pat" Day, CNZM (1923 – 2016), was a New Zealand artist and art historian.
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I think of Melvin Sneedly from Captain Underpants.
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Melvin Udall, Jack Nicholson's character from As Good As It Gets is the first person who comes to mind.
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Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Melvin
Also French: https://meilleursprenoms.com/popularite-prenom/Melvin
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Also French: https://meilleursprenoms.com/popularite-prenom/Melvin
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Vin, Vinnie and Vinny could be nicknames.
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Melvin the Elephant is the mascot of Kellogg’s Choco Krispis cereal, sold in Latin America. (The American equivalent to this cereal is Cocoa Krispies.)
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Cool name.
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In middle school there were flies in the cafeteria. Me and my friends named them Jared and Melvin, Lmao. The sad part was that they always got on our food. That was disgusting.
(This isn't supposed to be a rude comment. I apologize if you are offended by this comment.)
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(This isn't supposed to be a rude comment. I apologize if you are offended by this comment.)
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Terrible name for a person. It might be cute on a pet, however. And the band with this name is pretty cool, for what it's worth.
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Mel Gibson, actor
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, musicians.
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Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, musicians.
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Always thought this name a bit goofy but the one I knew was so sweet and nice and well-liked. Everyone called him Mel, like Mel Gibson, and that sounds better to me. Mel died young and now I don't feel as negative toward the name, somehow.
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The word MEL actually means "sweet", so I don't get the definition of Melvin meaning Chief, but I have seen mistakes in these definitions, and even in my own name.
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In 2018, 63 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Melvin who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 336th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
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Melvin is the best and should be treated better. People keep teasing the name Melvin.
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People who don't like the name Melvin are just jealous. Melvin is a very nice and handsome name for very handsome men.
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I really like the name Melvin it's my name just spelled differently, not nerdy or unattractive at all. I think that it would be good if the name Melvin gets more popular. I get comments on my name all the time saying it's a good name, love it more men should use the name. Melvin to me is one of the best names ever and people with this name are so cool and friendly. :)
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The name Melvin was given to 328 boys born in the US in 2016.
99.39 percent of people with the first name Melvin are male.
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99.39 percent of people with the first name Melvin are male.
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Lee Greenwood, famous American country musician. His first name is Melvin; Lee is his middle name.
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Melvin is the English name of Gurio Umino, a character from Sailor Moon. He is Usagi's annoying, nerdy classmate, and he has a crush on her in the early episodes. (He later dates her friend Naru.)
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Melvin is such a dated and unattractive name. I'm thrilled to see Melvin is going down in popularity and won't be listed within the top 1000 much longer. The name should have left the charts LONG ago.
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In my country, I hear this name rarely because it's not that popular. But I love this name, and it's also my sibling's name. I believe the meaning of Melvin is "chief" or "leader".
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I think that its use (and overuse) in Mad Magazine is largely responsible for its "nerdy" associations.
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This is an awful name. It will cause a lot of discrimination, knowing that Melvin is used as a generic name for a geek. I can't understand why it's still used, or why it's so trendy in Sweden. I guess that some other people don't think Melvin is nerdy.
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I think it should be noted that in slang the name Melvin is used in a derogatory way to described an "uncool", "nerdy", "dorky" person.
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Melvin is very, very popular where I live. It seems like every other boy is named Melvin/Melwin. I'm so tired of it.
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This is my father's name. Even so I can't say I really like the name. The first half is fine "Mel" it's the second half that gets me "Vin". I really really dislike the name Vin or any name that has that name in it. Except the name Vincent. I happen to really like that name. Go figure.
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George W Bush has a brother named Melvin.
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Melvin, Melvin, Melvin. This sounds like a terrible name! Unfortunately, I got that name stuck in my head. Honestly, it sounds nerdy and kind of, well, dumb. No offense!
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It is becoming more popular in Sweden, but I doubt that it'll grow in popularity to that extent in any English-speaking country anytime soon.
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I think it's a fantastic name. I wish it was more popular.
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Melvin Twemlow is a character in "Our Mutual Friend" by Charles Dickens.
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Melvin "Mel" Blanc was (1908-1989) was did the voice of nearly all the Looney Tunes characters, Woody Woodpecker, Secret Squirrel, various Flintstone characters and Heathcliff. He's most famous as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.
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I can't say I like this name, it is nerdy sounding.
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Birth name of actor/director Mel Brooks.
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Unfortunately, Melvin also is what one calls having underpants pulled up painfully high in the back.
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It means chief.
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