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♂ Elvin
What does Elvin mean?
Elvin 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced EL-vin. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Elvin is "elf or magical being, friend". Variant of Alvin, from Aelfwine. Also possibly means "precious friend".
STARTS WITH El-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, elf, magical, friend
Variations
VARIANTS Elven, Elvern, Elvyn, Elwin▼, Elwinn, Elwyn, Elwynne
SEE ALSO Alvern
RELATED FORMS VIA ALVIN Aloin, Aluin, Aluino, Alva▼, Alvan, Alven, Alvie▼, Alvy, Alvyn, Alwin, Alwyn, Aylwin, Elwynn
FEMININE FORM Elvina
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Elein, ..
(female) Elvind, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Elvin Giovanni (E.G.), ..
How popular is Elvin?
Elvin is a very prominent first name for men (#595 out of 1220, Top 49%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#29543 out of 150436, Top 20%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Elvin reached its apex rank of #308 in the U.S. in the 1920s, and is at #1444 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Alvin (#654 LAST YEAR), Alva, Alvan, Alven, Alvie, Alvy, Alwin, Elven, Elwin and Elwyn are the popular alternative forms of Elvin (#1444) ranked in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Elvin reached its highest during the years 1920-1929 (AVERAGE #1076) and has become much less since, with forms such as Alvie becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Albin▼, Aldin, Alpin, Arvin, Bevin, Blain, Calvin, Davin, Delvin, Eadin, Earvin, Edin, Edvin, Edwin▼, Eilgin, Elan, Elden▼, Eldin, Eldis, Eldon▼, Eldwin, Elgin, Eli▲, Elia, Elian▲, Elie, Elis, Eliu, Eljin, Elkan, Elli, Ellis▲, Elmir, Eloi, Elon▲, Elson, Elton▼, Elvio, Elvis, Elviss (see Elvis), Elvo, Elvys, Emlin, Eoin, Ermin, Ernin, Ervin▼, Ervine, Erving, Erwin▼, Evan, Even, Evian, Evin, Evion, Evyn, Ewin, Flin, Galvin, Gavin▼, Glin, Havin, Irvin▼, Jevin, Kalvin, Kelvin▼, Kevin▼, Klein, Nevin, Olin▼, Orvin, Osvin, Savin, Tavin and Tevin▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Elvin.
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