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Boy · Scottish and English surname
Irvin
Say it: UR-vin
Meaning
From a Scottish surname (Irvine, a place and river name of Celtic origin) or from Irwin, from Old English eofor 'boar' and wine 'friend'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in the US around 1880 to 1940.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 39,584 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 1,100 boys
- 81 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Irvine, Irwin, Ervin
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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