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Boy · Norman French
Corbin
Say it: KOR-bin
Meaning
From an English surname from Norman French, a diminutive of corb 'raven, crow'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as an American boys' name from the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 38,165 babies given this name since 1891
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 995 boys
- 928 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Korbin
Famous bearers
- Corbin Bernsen, American actor
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.