IRVING male English, Scottish, Jewish From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name meaning "green water". Historically this name has been relatively common among Jews, who have used it as an American-sounding form of Hebrew names beginning with I such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah. A famous bearer was the Russian-American songwriter and lyricist Irving Berlin (1888-1989), whose birth name was Israel Beilin. | ||||||||||||||||||||
IRWIN male English From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name EOFORWINE. | ||||||||||||||||||||
EOFORWINE male Anglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements eofor "boar" and wine "friend". This name was rarely used after the Norman conquest. |