Ivin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ivin by the numbers

Ivin was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Ivin

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

  • Ivangod is gracious; a form of John3,038 in the US (2017)
  • Irvingreen water; a variant of Irving122 in the US (2017)
  • Iaingod is gracious; scottish form of John35 in the US (2017)
  • Ivonarcher; a form of Ivon or Yvon5 in the US (2017)
  • Iven16 in the US (2017)
  • Ivyn7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ivin

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

  • Ivaangod is gracious; a form of ivan78 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ifangod is gracious; welsh form of john14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ivann10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ivin

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