Elwin

Where Elwin comes from

Elwin 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. 1829
    Elwin Bruno Christoffel born
    German mathematician
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #837 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1907
    Elwin Romnes born
    American ice hockey player
  4. 1914
    Peak, #462
    109 babies named Elwin — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1946
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,003.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Elwin Bruno Christoffel · German mathematician, 1829–1900
  • Elwin Romnes · American ice hockey player, 1907–1984
  • Elwin Schlebrowski · German footballer, 1925–2000
  • Elwin Soto · Mexican boxer, born 1996
  • Elwin Hermanson · Canadian politician, born 1952

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.