Given name
Eivin
“luck, good fortune”·“victor, victorious lord”
Eivin is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eivin is a form of Eivind. Eivind is built from elements meaning “luck, good fortune” and “victor, victorious lord”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Eivin is a form of Eivind. Eivind comes from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eivin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 362
- 362 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 67 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,555 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,555 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 70.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 67 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eivin’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Eivin has a related form in EIVIND. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eivin has a related form in EIVIND. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eivin has a related form in EIVINN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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