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MARVIN Family History

This ancient and unusual name is of Old Welsh origin, although its meaning is now lost; some Welsh bardic traditions hold that the name may have originated in the Isle of Man, and may not therefore be a native Welsh or British (pre-Roman) name. The most famous Welsh bearer of the name was the 9th Century king of Gwynedd, Merfyn Frych (the Freckled), the father of Rhodri Mawr, i.e., the Great, King of North Wales from 844 - 877. The personal name was for some reason more popular in the north of England than in Wales in the medieval period; one Mervin (without surname) is recorded as rector of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in 1085...