Given name
Yavin
“one who is understanding”
Yavin is a variant of Yarin. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is understanding.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yavin is a variant of Yarin. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is understanding.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yavin is a variant of Yarin. An origin associated with Yarin is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yavin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 68 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,940 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,940 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2017.
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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