Marvin ( name ) - wikipedia Marvin ( name ) Marvin Gender male Origin Word / name Welsh Other names Related names Mervin, Mervyn, Merwin Marvin is a male given name, derived from the Welsh name Mervyn. It is also found as a surname. Marven is a variant form. Contents 1 People with the given name Marvin 1.1 Fictional characters 2 People with the surname Marvin 3 People with the name Marven 4 See also 5 References People with the given name marvin Notable people with this name include : In music : Marvin Hamlisch, successful composer of film scores Marvin Gaye, popular soul and R&B singer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer Marvin Watson, rapper better known by his stage name Messy Marv In sports : Marvin Andrews, Trinidad and Tobago footballer Marvin Crenshaw, America football player Marvin Eastman, American mixed martial artist and kickboxer Marvin Hagler, American former boxer Marvin LaRose, American football player Marvin Gaye Williams Jr, American basketball player In other fields : Marvin T. Culpepper, Louisiana politician Marvin Hoffenberg ( 1914 - 2013 ), American economist and political scientist. Marvin Miller, an American baseball player 's union organizer Marvin Minsky, American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence Marvin Zindler, American news reporter Marvin Kaplan, American actor Fictional characters Marvin ( horror host ), 1950s Chicago area horror host Marvin the Martian, a fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons Marvin, the Paranoid Android, a fictional character in The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy series Marvin White ( Super Friends ), a supporting character of the Super Friends cartoon Marvin Redpost, the main character in the Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar Marvin Monroe, a fictional Simpsons character who died during the 6th season Marvin Suggs, a character from The Muppet Show Mouth McFadden, real name Marvin, a main character in One Tree Hill ( TV series ) People with the surname Marvin Charles A. Marvin ( 1929 - 2003 ), Louisiana district attorney and circuit judge Hank Marvin ( born 1941 ), member of British band The Shadows Heidi Jo Marvin, astrophysicist James Marvin ( academic ), Chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1874 to 1883 James M. Marvin ( 1809 -- 1901 ), US Representative from New York Junior Marvin ( Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr Richards Jr, born 1949 ), Jamaican guitarist Lee Marvin ( 1924 -- 1987 ), Academy Award - winning American film actor Nathaniel C. Marvin ( 1826 -- 1895 ), New York politician Matthew Marvin, Sr. ( 1600 -- 1678 ), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut Matthew Marvin, Jr. ( 1626 -- 1712 ), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut Samuel Marvin ( 1664 -- 1754 ), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk People with the name Marven William Lawrence Marven Creaghan ( 1922 -- 2008 ), a Canadian politician Nigel Marven ( born 1960 ), a British wildlife presenter, television producer, author and ornithologist See also Marvin ( disambiguation ) References Jump up ^ Marvin at Behind The Name This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marvin_(name)&oldid=816684462 '' Categories : Given names Surnames English masculine given names Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Íslenska Italiano Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 23 December 2017, at 00 : 06. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the origin of the name marvin
Answer: Welsh; the Welsh name Mervyn; derived from the Welsh name Mervyn