—2024 rank
1921peak year
37,865babies named Ervin since 1880
▼ 25%5-year trend
Ervin popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Ervin mean?
A variant of Irving, from the Scottish place name Irvine, traditionally read as green water or fresh river; a common surname-turned-first-name.
OriginScottish
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylevintage, classic
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Spellings & variants
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