Arvin

Where Arvin comes from

Arvin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #921 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Peak, #650
    83 babies named Arvin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,135.
  4. 1985
    Arvin Slagter born
    Dutch basketball player
  5. 1990
    Arvin Moazemi born
    Iranian bicycle racer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Arvin Slagter · Dutch basketball player, born 1985
  • Arvin Moazemi · Iranian bicycle racer, born 1990
  • Arvin Chen · American film director, born 1978
  • Arvin Boolell · Minister of Foreign Affairs for Mauritius, born 1953
  • Arvin Cantor Diesmos · Filipino herpetologist, born 1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.