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Alvin name meaning

“elf friend”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
A
Origin
English
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 9.6%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s9.6%
2000s8.9%
2010s–

Western Names: AEnglish origin

Alvin is a boy's name of English origin, descended from Old English names such as Ælfwine, meaning 'elf friend'.

What does Alvin mean?

Elf friend

In Malay: sahabat elf

Sources (3)

About the name Alvin

Alvin is an English name descended from a medieval form of Old English names such as Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine. According to Wiktionary, Ælfwine is made up of ælf 'elf' and wine 'friend'. It was revived in the 19th century, partly from a surname. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2000s with 1,271 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginEnglish
SyllablesAl-vin
First letterWestern Names starting with A

Alvin in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Boy: 911 · 9.6%
2000s
Boy: 1,271 · 8.9%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Alvin as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Alvin · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Alvin · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Ælfwine · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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