Irvin

Where Irvin comes from

The dictionaries list Irvin as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #159 among boys — 86 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #140
    88 babies named Irvin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1923
    Irvin Kershner born
    American film director
  4. 1931
    Irvin Yalom born
    American psychotherapist and writer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Irvin Yalom · American psychotherapist and writer, born 1931
  • Irvin Kershner · American film director, 1923–2010
  • Irvin McDowell · American general, 1818–1885
  • Irvin Cardona · Maltese footballer, born 1997
  • Irvin S. Cobb · American writer, 1876–1944

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.