Covin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Covin by the numbers

Covin was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Covin

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 Covin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Colinyoung warrior; a form of Caoilean1,662 in the US (2017)
  • Corinspear; of the Quirites39 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)
  • Colvindark friend; a form of Calvin15 in the US (2017)
  • Covie8 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Covin

Names that are said the same way as Covin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Coven5 in the US (2017)
  • Kovan5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Koven3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Covin

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