Marvin
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Welsh. From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mêr (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Marvin (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marvin has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 6 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 98 |
| 2000 | 103 |
| 2001 | 112 |
| 2002 | 122 |
| 2003 | 131 |
| 2004 | 137 |
| 2005 | 149 |
| 2006 | 157 |
| 2007 | 178 |
| 2008 | 197 |
| 2009 | 210 |
| 2010 | 225 |
| 2011 | 231 |
| 2012 | 249 |
| 2013 | 267 |
| 2014 | 286 |
| 2015 | 305 |
| 2016 | 325 |
| 2017 | 334 |
| 2018 | 350 |
| 2019 | 370 |
| 2020 | 378 |
Marvin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marvin.Hi! My name is Marvin.
- Har du träffat Marvin? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Marvin? He started working here on Monday.
- Marvin har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Marvin has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Marvins mamma är lärare.Marvin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marvins mamma is Marvin's mum.
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Questions about Marvin
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What does the name Marvin mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Welsh. From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mêr (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).
How popular is Marvin in Sweden?
6 babies were named Marvin in 2022. In 2020, 378 people in Sweden had Marvin as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.