Given name & surname
Alvine
“triend of the elves”
Alvine is a variant of Alvina. In English use, Alvina carries the interpretation “triend of the elves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alvine is a variant of Alvina. In English use, Alvina carries the interpretation “triend of the elves.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alvine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 122
- 5 boys · 117 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 11 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 girls is 5 in 1945. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 168 as a first name in 2020; 151 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alvine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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