Given name & surname
Derwin
“a friend of the deer; a gifted friend”
Derwin is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a friend of the deer; a gifted friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a friend of the deer; a gifted friend.”
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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derwin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,833
- 3,833 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 140 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,671 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,671 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 140 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,710 as a first name in 2020; 435 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.
Derwin’s family of names
Derwin has a related form in Derwyn. Derwin has a related form in Deorwine. Derwin has a related form in Derwen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Derwynvariant
- Derrwinlikely variant
- Deorwinevariant
- Derwynnevariant
- Derwynnvariant
- Derwennevariant
- Derwennvariant
- Derwenvariant
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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 Derwin
- Gold PandaComposer and musicianborn 1980
- Derwin KitchenAmerican basketball player (born 1986)
- Derwin Martinaassociation football playerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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