Given name & surname
Corwin
“a friend of the heart”
Corwin is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a friend of the heart.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a friend of the heart.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corwin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,353
- 4,353 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,424 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,424 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,034 as a first name in 2020; 6,504 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.
Corwin’s family of names
Corwin has a related form in Corwyn. Corwin has a related form in Corwen. Corwin has a related form in Corwenn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Corwynnvariant
- Corwynvariant
- Corwinevariant
- Corwennevariant
- Corwennvariant
- Corwenvariant
- Corwynnevariant
- Corwinnevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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