Given name & surname
Nevin
“one who is sacred; little bone”
Nevin is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is sacred; little bone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is sacred; little bone.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nevin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,471
- 6,372 boys · 99 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 146 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,013 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,013 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 140 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,210 as a first name in 2020; 2,671 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.
Nevin’s family of names
Nevin has a feminine form in Nevina. Nevin has a related form in Neven. Nevin has a related form in Niven.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nevin
- Nevin YanıtTurkish high hurdler (born 1986)
- Nevin GalmariniSwiss snowboarderborn 1986
- Nevin HarrisonAmerican sprint canoeistborn 2002
- Nevin ÇokayTurkish artist (1930–2012)
- Nevin EfeTurkish actress1947–2026
- Nevin William HayesU.S. Roman Catholic religious clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Chicago.1922–1988
- Nevin LawsonJamaican-born American football player (born 1991)
- Nevin HalıcıTurkish chef and restaurateur (born 1941)
- Nevin AshleyMinor League Baseball player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organizationborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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