Given name
Delwin
“a friend from the valley”
Delwin is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “a friend from the valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a friend from the valley.”
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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delwin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,829
- 1,829 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 43 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 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,109 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.
Delwin’s family of names
Delwin has a related form in Delwyn. Delwin has a related form in Delwen. Delwin has a related form in Delwenn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Delwynvariant
- Dellwinlikely variant
- Delwynnevariant
- Delwynnvariant
- Delwennevariant
- Delwennvariant
- Delwenvariant
- Delwinnevariant
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