Evin
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Evin by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Evin. In the US, 51 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 137 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Evin
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 Evin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Evin
Names that are said the same way as Evin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- EvanGod is gracious4,795 in the US (2017)
- Evyngod is gracious; a modern respelling of Evan66 in the US (2017)
- Eivinisland river; a variant of Eyvind36 in the US (2017)
- Evonnewished for child; variant of Evelyn12 in the US (2017)
- Evynnwished for child; variant of Evelyn12 in the US (2017)
- Efanyoung warrior; a form of Evan10 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Evin
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