Behind the Name: Comments for the name Mervyn

Comments for MERVYN:

I can't help but hear Mervyn and think of Robin Hood: Men in Tights... in the movie, that's the name of the Sheriff of Nottingham, and every time he tells someone his name, they snicker.

-- gin_rummy 6/22/2005

It sounds like a pretty sad name, Mervyn. No offense, but I see this name belonging to a frumpy, unattractive male.

-- Anonymous User 4/10/2006

Mervyn Johns, Welsh actor best known as Bob Cratchit in Scrooge. Father of Glynis Johns.

-- Kosta 5/30/2006

Mervyn's is the name of a department store chain.

-- breakofday 7/12/2006

VERY popular in Northern Ireland! Mostly middle aged men are bearers of this name, I don't know a Mervyn under 40.

-- rachypiesheepbaa 9/5/2010

Sir Mervyn King (b. 1948), Governor of the Bank of England.

-- Just Jonquil 10/14/2012

Mervyn LeRoy (15 ottobre 1900-13 settembre 1987) director. He directed several films like Little Woman, Quo vadis? Waterloo Bridge and many other. He won two oscar, one in 1946 for lifetime achievement and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1975.

-- Eretria 2/24/2013

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