Alvin
A Germanic name meaning "noble friend". Only about 158 men in Poland carry it, and it's given rarely now, so most Poles have never met one.
Alvin Pronunciation
What Alvin means
Where Alvin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alvin comes from the Germanic world, built from two old pieces. The first, æþel, means noble. The second, wine, means friend. Together they give the sense the name still keeps in English: noble friend.
That same wine element sits inside Edwin and Baldwin, so Alvin belongs to a whole family of Old English friend-names. The name traveled well.
Real people gave the English form its footing. Alvin Ailey, the American choreographer born in 1931, founded a dance company that still tours under his name. Alvin York, decorated for his stand in 1918, became one of the best-known soldiers of the First World War.
On a Polish class register the name looks like a guest, an English import beside the local saints' names. Its two halves stay readable: æþel and wine, noble and friend.
How many people are named Alvin
1 in 135102 men in Poland is named Alvin. 158 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2563 among male names.
Alvin's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Alvin as a middle name
Alvin is a first name for 158 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, a 90/10 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2106th, between Alin (18) and Anakin (18).
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#2104 Akhtar18
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#2105 Alin18
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#2106 Alvin18
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#2107 Anakin18
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#2108 Archibald18