Given name & surname
Slevin
“man from the mountains”
Slevin is a variant of Slavin. One interpretation is “man from the mountains.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Slevin is a variant of Slavin. One interpretation is “man from the mountains.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Slevin is a form of Slavin. Slavin comes from Irish, and ultimately from Middle English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Slevin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 93
- 93 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 14 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,150 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.
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