Given name & surname
Irvine
“a triend of the sea”
In English use, Irvine has a related form in Irving. One English interpretation is “a triend of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Irvine has a related form in Irving. One English interpretation is “a triend of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Irvine has a related form in 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 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Irvine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 904
- 899 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 31 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 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 479 as a first name in 2020; 9,263 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.
Irvine’s family of names
Irvine has a related form in Irving. In English usage, Irvine has a related form in Irv.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Irvine
- Irvine WelshScottish writerborn 1958
- Irvine RobertsonCanadian rower (1882–1956)
- Ace BaileyCanadian ice hockey player1903–1992
- Irvine LenrootAmerican politician (1869-1949)
- Irvine ArdittiBritish violinist and composer (born 1953)
- Lauri KennedyAustralian music educator1896–1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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