Ervin

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Ervin is a male given name of Indo-European origin, meaning "green water," "fresh water," "friend of the sea," or "army friend." It is believed to have either originated from Old English or Old Gaelic, referring to its water-related meanings, or from the German language, where it signifies "friend of the army." In German, it is typically written as Erwin, but in many other European nations where the name is popular—namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, and Romania—it is written as Ervin.

From Wikipedia

Ervin first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 859 babies (rank #172 that year). In 2024 it was given to 81 boys (rank #1,935). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Ervin

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ervin yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

39,018

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

859

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Ervin

Ervin Zukanovićassociation football player · b. 1987

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	30	#307
1881	32	#279
1882	44	#258
1883	46	#232
1884	51	#237
1885	35	#283
1886	32	#303
1887	35	#272
1888	54	#237
1889	52	#224
1890	43	#262
1891	35	#274
1892	52	#246
1893	42	#269
1894	56	#228
1895	51	#252
1896	55	#246
1897	55	#235
1898	68	#211
1899	53	#229
1900	88	#209
1901	63	#215
1902	76	#206
1903	58	#242
1904	81	#202
1905	112	#172
1906	101	#178
1907	116	#186
1908	97	#209
1909	103	#206
1910	131	#199
1911	144	#205
1912	294	#196
1913	347	#195
1914	494	#180
1915	582	#190
1916	692	#173
1917	718	#174
1918	806	#168
1919	803	#169
1920	843	#163
1921	859	#172
1922	791	#177
1923	788	#177
1924	729	#192
1925	737	#187
1926	768	#187
1927	763	#189
1928	672	#203
1929	645	#205
1930	625	#211
1931	569	#218
1932	550	#219
1933	467	#241
1934	537	#223
1935	497	#234
1936	483	#235
1937	422	#262
1938	488	#241
1939	432	#259
1940	416	#274
1941	450	#266
1942	490	#269
1943	484	#277
1944	419	#290
1945	419	#290
1946	421	#314
1947	493	#310
1948	480	#310
1949	453	#323
1950	424	#328
1951	465	#321
1952	430	#333
1953	455	#330
1954	448	#336
1955	422	#351
1956	433	#355
1957	418	#378
1958	377	#401
1959	415	#388
1960	334	#440
1961	328	#444
1962	325	#441
1963	308	#451
1964	255	#494
1965	297	#450
1966	247	#485
1967	231	#493
1968	218	#511
1969	215	#535
1970	206	#567
1971	219	#545
1972	222	#534
1973	175	#593
1974	180	#598
1975	156	#659
1976	145	#690
1977	151	#691
1978	157	#669
1979	165	#666
1980	173	#660
1981	178	#638
1982	164	#678
1983	155	#690
1984	159	#690
1985	132	#772
1986	141	#766
1987	161	#721
1988	195	#676
1989	158	#789
1990	159	#804
1991	164	#806
1992	207	#716
1993	169	#813
1994	137	#944
1995	143	#926
1996	152	#889
1997	144	#938
1998	115	#1,115
1999	118	#1,121
2000	128	#1,099
2001	136	#1,063
2002	141	#1,074
2003	173	#948
2004	118	#1,275
2005	136	#1,172
2006	140	#1,197
2007	147	#1,199
2008	138	#1,268
2009	132	#1,317
2010	112	#1,464
2011	115	#1,431
2012	109	#1,481
2013	130	#1,323
2014	109	#1,487
2015	98	#1,628
2016	91	#1,708
2017	114	#1,480
2018	101	#1,617
2019	108	#1,551
2020	93	#1,687
2021	81	#1,891
2022	101	#1,695
2023	86	#1,851
2024	81	#1,935