Melbourne (name) explained
Melbourne is a surname, and a masculine given name. It is derived from the English toponym Melbourne, named in Old English as 'millstream', from mylen 'mill' and burna 'stream', i.e. the mill by the stream.
Given name
- Melbourne Armstrong Carriker (1879–1965), American ornithologist and entomologist
- Melbourne Parker Boynton (1867–1942), American pastor and temperance proponent
- Melbourne Brindle (1904–1995), Australian-American illustrator and painter
- Melbourne H. Ford (1849–1891), American politician
- Melbourne Gass (1938–2018), Canadian politician
- Melbourne Inman (1878–1951), English snooker player
- Melbourne Johns (1901–1955), Welsh-born munitions factory worker
- Melbourne MacDowell (1856–1941), American stage and screen actor
- Melbourne McTaggart Tait (1842–1917), Canadian lawyer and judge
- Melbourne Thomas (1896–1966), Welsh rugby union player
- Melbourne Tierney (1923–2014), Welsh rugby league player
Surname
- A. C. V. Melbourne (1888–1943), Australian historian
- Charles Melbourne (1838–1891), Australian politician
- Colin Melbourne (1928–2009), English ceramicist and sculptor
- Hirini Melbourne (1949–2003), Māori academic, musician, composer and activist
- Jade Melbourne (born 2002), Australian basketball player
- Jimmy Melbourne (c. 1876–1937), Australian rules footballer
- Mark Melbourne (15 April 1984, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary) is an Irish rugby union player
- Max Melbourne (born 1998), English footballer
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