Boy · Germanic
Erwin
Say it: UR-win
Meaning
From Germanic Herwin (heri 'army' + wini 'friend'), and in England partly from Old English Eoforwine (eofor 'boar' + wine 'friend').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common among German-Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 20,988 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 1,800 boys
- 53 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Irwin
| German | Erwin |
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Famous bearers
- Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist
- Erwin Rommel, German field marshal
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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