Given name
Alvyn
“friend of the elves”
Alvyn is a variant of Alvin. One English interpretation is “friend of the elves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alvyn is a variant of Alvin. One English interpretation is “friend of the elves.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alvyn is a variant of 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 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alvyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 7 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Alvyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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