Alvin

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Alvin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 37th most common given name. Recorded meaning: A male given name from Old English.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 564(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 920
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 2.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈520,000 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
530 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 564 (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AlvinLatin(measured from records)
אלוויןHebrew(measured from records)
ალვინGeorgian(measured from records)
앨빈Hangul(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A male given name from Old English.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Alvin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Alvin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈520,000 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Alvin53
PH Philippines#91≈190,000 est.≈1 in 564—Alvin165
US United States#43872,9621 in 4.6K73KAlvin530
MY Malaysia#550≈14,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K911Alvin119
GB United Kingdom#562≈14,000 est.≈1 in 4.7KlistedAlvin183
SE Sweden—7,3511 in 1.4K7.4KAlvin50
SG Singapore#93≈6,700 est.≈1 in 920—Alvin155
JM Jamaica#37≈1,300 est.≈1 in 2.1K—Alvin17
GY Guyana—5991 in 1.3K599—10

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; data.gov.my — Name Popularity Dashboard (JPN, by decade and ethnicity); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Alvin is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, France, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Ãlvin, Alvïn, Álvin, Äľvïñ, Älvïn

  • Indonesian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Alvin, Alvin', Ålvin, Ãlvin, Áĺvĩń

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Alvín

  • Russian given name37 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Russia, Czechia

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Czech

    Also written Альвин, Алвин, Альвін, Олвин, Alwin

  • English given name141 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Edwin, Edvin, אדווין, เอ็ดวิน

65 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Alvin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, Alvin är ett germanskt namn, sammansatt av → Alf-, Alv- eller → Adel- och fornhögtyskt wini (→ vin). En engelsk motsvarighet är → Elvin (Elwin). Det har varit ett populärt pojknamn under 2000-talet. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 9 mars.

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

  • Amico degli elfi

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

  • In Finnish, instructive plural of alpi

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Alvin Kraenzlein, b. 1876Alvin York, b. 1887Tony Martin, b. 1913Alvin Sargent, b. 1927Alvin Toffler, b. 1928Alvin Ailey, b. 1931Alvin Plantinga, b. 1932Alvin E. Roth, b. 1951Alvin Robertson, b. 1962Chris Stapleton, b. 1978
  • Alvin Kraenzleinb. 1876USAmerican athletics competitor (1876-1928)
  • Alvin Yorkb. 1887USUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1887-1964)
  • Tony Martinb. 1913USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and singer (1913-2012)
  • Alvin Sargentb. 1927USAmerican screenwriter (1927–2019)
  • Alvin Tofflerb. 1928USAmerican writer, futurist and businessman
  • Alvin Aileyb. 1931USAfrican-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)
  • Alvin Plantingab. 1932USAmerican Christian philosopher
  • Alvin E. Rothb. 1951USAmerican economist, professor
  • Alvin Robertsonb. 1962USAmerican basketball player (born 1962)
  • Chris Stapletonb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican country musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 111 sources across 60 countries.

Official registers attesting Alvin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202073K#701
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—7.4K#487
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20205.6K—
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 20252025599#141
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025294—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020207#701

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Alvin mean, and where does it come from?
A male given name from Old English. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Alvin?
In the etymology graph, Elvin, Albin and Alwin are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Alvin a male or female name?
Alvin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Alvin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 525 thousand people named Alvin in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alvin.
How common is the name Alvin?
In the United States, the national register counted 72,962 people named Alvin in 2020, about 1 in 4.6 thousand residents.
How common is Alvin compared with other names?
In Jamaica, Alvin is the 37th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alvin” — the 37th most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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