Given name & surname
Earvin
“friend of the sea”
Earvin is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “friend of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “friend of the sea.”
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
Earvin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,198
- 1,198 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 49 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 49 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 628 as a first name in 2020; 454 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.
Earvin’s family of names
Earvin has a related form in Ervin. Earvin has a related form in Erven. Earvin has a related form in Ervine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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People named Earvin
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