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♂ Irvine
What does Irvine mean?
Irvine 
as a name for boys is of Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Irvine is "green, fresh water". Irvine is a variant form of Irving (Gaelic).
ENDS WITH -ne
Variations
VARIANTS Irvyn, Irvin▼, Irven, Ervin▼, Earvin
RELATION VIA IRVING Irv
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Irvine?
Irvine is an unusual given name for males but a very prominent surname for all people (#3572 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Irvine entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its apex position of #1352 in the U.S. then, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Irvine are Irvin (#1379 IN 2018), Irving (#1412), Ervin (#1624), Earvin and Irven. These forms of Irvine were popular as baby names during 1910-1919 (AVERAGE #863) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1735, 93.9% LESS USAGE), with forms like Irvin becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Irvine is pronounced similarly to Arvin, Arvon, Arvyn, Ervine, Ervyn and Orvin. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alpine, Alwine, Arne, Aronne, Arsene, Arvie, Arvind, Blaine▼, Bodine, Boine, Caine, Carmine, Craine, Crane, Crayne, Daine, Devane, Devine, Dwaine, Elgine, Erskine, Erving, Faine, Fraine, Frayne, Freyne, Gaine, Heine, Iain, Iggie, Ikie, Ilie, Imrie, Irwin▼, Irwinn (see Irwin), Irwyn, Ivan▲, Ivann, Ivano, Ive, Iven, Ivon, Jardine, Kaine, Kline, Laine, Paine, Raine, Shaine, Swaine, Thaine, Twaine, Urbaine, Urbane and Zaine. These names tend to be more commonly used than Irvine.
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