Erving
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Erving by the numbers
Erving was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Erving
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 Erving. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ervinsea friend; a form of Irving or Erwin109 in the US (2017)
- Elvinnoble friend; a form of Elwin104 in the US (2017)
- Erwinsea friend or honorable friend46 in the US (2017)
- Eivinisland river; a variant of Eyvind36 in the US (2017)
- Edvinwealthy friend; a form of edwin32 in the US (2017)
- Errinred-haired; a form of Erin6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Erving
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