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Marvin (male)

Derivative of:Merfyn (M) Mervyn (M)
Feminine form:Marva (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English, a medieval derivative of Mervyn, itself an Anglicized form of the Welsh name Merfyn, Old Welsh "eminent".

The female name Marva is a recent derivative.
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