Given name
Elvan
“a friend of the elves”
Elvan is a variant of Elvia. One Irish interpretation is “a friend of the elves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elvan is a variant of Elvia. One Irish interpretation is “a friend of the elves.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elvan is a variant of Elvia. An origin associated with Elvia is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elvan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 150
- 150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 14 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 1956. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 235 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.
Elvan’s family of names
Elvan has a related form in Elvia. In Greek usage, Elvan is a transliteration of Ελβάν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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 Elvan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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>99% boys
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Elvin
“a friend of the elves”
>99% boys