Carvin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Carvin by the numbers
Carvin was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 1957, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Carvin
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carvin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Calvinbald; from the surname Calvin2,689 in the US (2017)
- Carlinlittle champion; from Cathal61 in the US (2017)
- Corvinraven; a form of Corbin or Corvus33 in the US (2017)
- Cavinhandsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin17 in the US (2017)
- Carminsong or verse; a form of Carmen9 in the US (2017)
- Cardin9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Carvin
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