Given name & surname
Marvell
“an extraordinary woman”·“an extraordinary man”
Marvell is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “an extraordinary woman” (Latin) and “an extraordinary man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “an extraordinary woman” (Latin) and “an extraordinary man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marvell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,480
- 1,157 boys · 323 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,021 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,021 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 980 as a first name in 2020; 185 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marvell’s family of names
Marvell has a related form in Marvel. Marvell has a related form in Marvella. Marvell has a related form in Marvelle.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Marvell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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