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Hi,Terri! My Mum was called Melvis. She was born in 1921. Her Dad had dual English and Australian nationality as he was in the ANZACs in WW1 having emigrated there in c.1911 with his wife ,Florence. She came back after a few weeks in Oz and everyone thought that the marriage was over. However, he was posted to Bury ( just a few miles from where Florence lived in Bolton). Of course, they got back togethe r after the war. Mum was born in Bolton and her unusual name , she was told, was from a mountainous region in the Darling Ranges in Western Australia. But, Australia House have told me that there is no such place. I've read that it's a boy's name but it sounds too pretty _ just like my Mum. Glad to know of others by the same name. X