Given name & surname
Lavin
“a white-haired or whiteskinned man”
Lavin is a variant of Laban. One Hebrew interpretation is “a white-haired or whiteskinned man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lavin is a variant of Laban. One Hebrew interpretation is “a white-haired or whiteskinned man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lavin is a variant of Laban. An origin associated with Laban is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Irish Ó Láimhín, from Latin Lavinia, from Spanish Lavín.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lavin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 183
- 147 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #9,817 for girls · #11,449 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,817 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 as a first name in 2020; 6,251 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.
Lavin’s family of names
Lavin has a related form in Laban. In English usage, Lavin as a surname has a related form in LAFFIN. In English usage, Lavin as a surname has a related form in LAFFIN.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lavin has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
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