Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
MELVILLE
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
MELVILLE. A parish In the arrondissement of Dieppe in Normandy, hodie Melleville. Tlie patriarch of this family, long so influential in Scotland, was a William de Malavill, a Domesd. tenant in Suffolk.
Origin: Celtic
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: Scotland
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: Gaelic