Elvin (given name)

Elvin is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

As an English first name Elvin is a variant of Alvin, which is itself derived from a medieval form of various old English name. The name occurs in particular in the USA and in some cases also as a family name.

Regardless of Elvin occurs in Albania, Azerbaijan and several Balkan states as a male first name.

Variants

  • Elvina, Lithuanian

Bearers of the name

Family name

English first name

  • Elvin Bethea ( born 1946 ), U.S. American football player
  • Elvin Bishop ( b. 1942 ), American blues-rock singer and guitarist
  • Elvin Hayes ( born 1945 ), American basketball player
  • E. Morton Jellinek (1890-1963), American physiologist and researcher of alcoholism
  • Elvin Jones (1927-2004), American jazz musician
  • Elvin A. Kabat (1914-2000), American chemist and immunologist
  • Elvin G. Nimrod (* 1943), Grenadian politician
  • Hubert Elvin Rance (1898-1974), British colonial governor and administrator
  • Pernell Elvin Roberts (1928-2010), American actor
  • Elvin Shepherd (1923-1995), American jazz musician

Other bearers of the name

  • Elvin Beqiri (* 1980), the Albanian football player
  • Elvin Santos ( born 1963 ), Honduran politicians
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