Melbourne (name)

Melbourne is a surname, and a masculine given name. It is derived from the English toponym Melbourne, named in Old English as 'millstream', from ' 'mill' and ' '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 Moran, American politician
• 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

See also

• Milbourne (disambiguation)
• Milburn (given name)
• Milburn (surname)
• Mel (given name)