Mel can be the abbreviated version of the given names Melvyn, Melvin, Melanie, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melody, Melitta, Melchior or Melville. It is also a standalone name from the Gaelic Maol, meaning bald; this was used to refer to tonsured men to mean servant, as in "Maol-Iosa" - Servant of Jesus.
Melvin Name Meaning. Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Bheathain (see McIlwaine). Scottish: variant of Melville 1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoil MhÃn 'descendant of the devotee of MaoilmhÃn', a personal name meaning 'gentle chieftain'.
