Elvin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Эльвин in RU Russia, AZ Azerbaijan, TR Türkiye and 1 more, Ელვინ in GE Georgia and Ельвін in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Elvin is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name115K records spelled Elvin19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Honduras, Philippines, Nicaragua

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Elvín, Ëlvîn, Elvïn, Élvín, Elvîn

• Turkish given name24K records spelled Elvin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, United States

  Also written Ëlvîñ

• a separate given name6.8K records spelled Elvin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Ecuador

  Also written Elvín

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Elvin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Finnish, genitive singular of Elvi

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Elvin Morton Jellinekb. 1890USAmerican physician
• Elvin Jonesb. 1927USAmerican jazz drummer (1927–2004)
• Elvin Bishopb. 1942USAmerican musician
• Elvin Nimrodb. 1943USGrenadian politician
• Elvin Hayesb. 1945USAmerican basketball player (born 1945)
• Elvin Santosb. 1963HNHonduran politician
• Elvin Beqirib. 1980ALAlbanian footballer
• Elvin Dandelb. 1981DEGerman actor and musician
• Elvin Mammadovb. 1988AZfootball player
• Elvin Mamishzadeb. 1991AZAzerbaijani boxer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 876 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Elvin?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Elvin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Elvin have the most bearers?

Elvin is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled эльвин.

How common is Elvin compared with other names?

In Russia, Elvin is the 846th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Elvin a male or female name?

Elvin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Elvin mean?

Recorded meaning: ENAUT