Irving
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning green water or west river.
Babies a year
141
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Irving by the numbers
Irving was given to 141 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 1,533 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Irving. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Irving, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Odhranpale green or sallow21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khizargreen; verdant20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Oranpale, green; a form of Oren17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Virgilioflourishing, green; a form of Virgil12 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Irving, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Irving
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