Given name & surname
Alven
“friend of the elves”
In English use, Alven has a related form in Alvin. One English interpretation is “friend of the elves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Alven has a related form in Alvin. One English interpretation is “friend of the elves.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Alven has a related form in Alvin. An origin associated with Alvin is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 462
- 462 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 103 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alven’s family of names
In English usage, Alven has a related form in Alvin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Alven, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Olen
“filled with happiness”
>99% boys
Elden
“an old friend”
>99% boys
Albin
“from the white hill white-” · “from the white hill; whiteskinned”
>99% boys
Harden
“from the hare's valley”
>99% boys
Aldon
“an old friend” · “from the old town”
>99% boys
Olan
“the last of the ancestors”
>99% boys
Armond
“of the army; a soldier”
>99% boys
Elwyn
“a friend of the elves”
81% boys · 19% girls