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[ 2 syll. ir-vin, irv-in ] The boy name Irvin is pronounced ERVIHN †. Irvin is of Germanic, Celtic, and Old English origin. It is used mainly in English and Scottish. The name is derived from the surname, which is itself from Irving or Irwin. In addition, Irvin is a form (English) of the Czech, Dutch, German, and English Erwin. Irvin is also a form of the English and Scottish Irving. Irvin is also a form of the English Irwin. Forms of Irvin include the Albanian, Czech, English, and Hungarian Ervin, the name Irv, and the English and Scottish Irvine. Irvin is an all-time favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby boy name, but not as much as it was before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1913, 0.079% of baby boys were named Irvin. It had a ranking of #165 then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is of only very light use in recent times. In 2008, it ranked at #720 with a usage of 0.015%, but it was nevertheless the most regularly used out of all boy names in its family. Baby names that sound like Irvin include the name Irvyn, the Albanian, Czech, English, and Hungarian Ervin, the name Irven, the English and Scottish Irvine, the name Ervine, the French Urbain, the French Urbaine, the Czech, English, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Urban, the English Urbane, the Russian Urvan, and the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Urbano.
† Pronunciation for Irvin: ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
