MEANING & HISTORY
What does Irvin mean?
Irvin is a given name transferred from a surname that can represent Irving or Irwin. Those surname histories are different: Irving has a Scottish place-name route, while Irwin can continue the Old English boar-and-friend name Eoforwine.
A single translation therefore cannot cover every Irvin. The exact surname ancestry needs evidence before choosing one of the alternatives.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Irvin in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Irvin
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Irwin·Boar and friend in the Eoforwine name tradition
- Alvin♂Elf friend
- Devin·Surname-derived, with Irish and French routes
- Elvin·Variant of Alvin; a separate Azerbaijani name also exists
- Gavin♂Medieval form of the Arthurian name Gawain
- Iris♀Rainbow; also the iris flower
- Kevin♂Dear or handsome, joined with birth
- Levin·Beloved friend in German; a separate Levi-related route
What rhymes with Irvin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Irvin further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Irvin (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Irvin (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: irvin (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Irving (opens in a new tab)
Related-name or lexical step in the specifically described formation; exact-spelling relationship is cited separately.
- Wiktionary: Irwin (opens in a new tab)
Related-name or lexical step in the specifically described formation; exact-spelling relationship is cited separately.