Given name
Eyvin
“luck, good fortune”·“victor, victorious lord”
Eyvin is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eyvin 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
Eyvin 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 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eyvin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 5 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 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eyvin’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eyvin has a related form in EIVIND. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eyvin has a related form in EIVIND. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eyvin has a related form in EIVIN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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