Alvin

See also: alvin

English

Alternative forms

• Alvyn, Elvin

Etymology

From Old English Ælfwine, made up of ælf (“elf”) +‎ wine (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælvɪn/
• Rhymes: -ælvɪn

Proper noun

Alvin

1. A male given name from Old English.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A locality in Yuma County, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Georgia.
   3. A village in South Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Mikado Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
   5. A city in Brazoria County, Texas, named after Santa Fe employee Alvin Morgan.
   6. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Forest County, Wisconsin, named after Baptist minister Alvin Spencer.
3. A locality in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.

Usage notes

• Always rare in Britain but revived in the USA in the nineteenth century.

Related terms

• Alven

Translations

male given name meaning "elf friend"

• Albanian: Alvin
• Arabic: أَلْفِين (ʔalfīn)
• Azerbaijani: Elvin
• Bulgarian: Алвин (Alvin)
• Catalan: Alvin (ca)
• Cebuano: Alvin
• Czech: Alvin (cs)
• Danish: Alvin
• Dutch: Alvin
• Estonian: Alvin
• Finnish: Alvin (fi)
• French: Alvin (fr)
• German: Albwin (de), Albuin (de), Alvin
• Greek: Άλβιν (Álvin)
• Hebrew: אלווין
• Hindi: एलविन (elvin)
• Hungarian: Alvin (hu)
• Icelandic: Alvin (is)
• Italian: Alvin (it)
• Japanese: アルビン (Arubin)
• Korean: 앨빈 (aelbin)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاڵڤین (allvîn)

• Latvian: Alvins
• Lithuanian: Alvinas
• Persian: آلوین (âlvin)
• Polish: Alvin (pl)
• Portuguese: Alvin
• Romanian: Alvin
• Russian: Элвин (Elvin)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алвин

  Roman: Alvin

• Slovak: Alvin
• Slovene: Alvin
• Spanish: Alvin
• Swedish: Alvin (sv)
• Tagalog: Alvin
• Tamil: அல்வின் (alviṉ)
• Telugu: ఆల్విన్ (ālvin)
• Thai: แอลวิน, อัลวิน
• Turkish: Alvin
• Ukrainian: Елвін (Elvin)
• Vietnamese: Alvin

See also

• Albin
• Alwin, Alwyn, Elwin

References

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Anagrams

• Lavin, Vilna, anvil, nival, vinal

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Alvin.

Proper noun

Alvin

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alvin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔalvin/, [ˈʔal.vɪn]
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔalbin/, [ˈʔal.bɪn] (more native-sounding)
• Rhymes: -alvin, (more native-sounding) -albin
• Syllabification: Al‧vin

Proper noun

Alvin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]