Melva

  • [ MEL-və ]
  • English
Perhaps a feminine form of MELVIN.

MELVIN   male   English
From a Scottish surname which probably originated as a variant of MELVILLE.
MELVILLE   male   English
From a Scottish surname which was originally from a Norman French place name meaning "bad town". A famous bearer of the surname was the American author Herman Melville (1819-1891), who wrote several novels including 'Moby-Dick'.
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Mel, Melville, Melvin, Melvyn