Given name & surname
Selvin
“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”·“war, battle”
Selvin is a surname, probably from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Selvin is probably built from elements meaning “happiness, prosperity, opportunity” and “war, battle”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Selvin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,548
- 1,548 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 44
- #2,872 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,872 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,402 as a first name in 2020; 213 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.
Selvin’s family of names
In Russian usage, Selvin as a surname is a transliteration of Селвин.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Selvin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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