Given name & surname
Irven
“a triend of the sea”
Irven is a variant of Irving. One English interpretation is “a triend of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Irven is a variant of Irving. One English interpretation is “a triend of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Irven is a variant of Irving. An origin associated with Irving is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Irven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,086
- 1,086 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 45 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 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 45 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 360 as a first name in 2020; 162 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Irven
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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