Irvin

  • [ UR-vin ]
  • English
From a surname which was a variant of either IRVING or IRWIN.

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.
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Irvine, Irving
JEWISH: Irving
OTHER FORMS
ANGLO-SAXON: Eoforhild, Eoforwine
ENGLISH: Averill, Irwin
HISTORY: Everild
SCOTTISH: Irvine, Irving