Search names

Erwin

OriginGerman
Meaning"respected friend"
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
GirlsUnranked

Below 5 births

Boys#2402

2025 SSA

About Erwin

One of the many names with a strong "er" sound, like Bertram and Ernest, that was huge in the 1920s and is languishing in style limbo now. One famous bearer is the physicist Erwin Schrödinger, as in Schrödinger's cat.

Erwin is also given to girls.

Pronounced ER-win.

As of November 2026, Erwin ranked #2402 for boys in US births in 2025 and #9445 for girls in US births in 1981 SSA, peaked at #216 for boys in 1901 and #3450 for girls in 1917.

Similar names

These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Erwin.

Erwin on lists

Famous Erwins

  • Erwin SchrodingerBoy

    Austrian physicist and Nobel Prize winner

  • Erwin RommelBoy

    German WWII field marshal known for opposing Hitler

  • Erwin PiscatorBoy

    German theater director

  • Erwin PanofskyBoy

    German art historian

  • Erwin NeherBoy

    winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Erwin in pop culture

  • ErwinBoy

    Tennessee

  • Erwin "Whistler" EmoryBoy

    character from the movie "Sneakers"

Variations & nicknames

Save Erwin

Save as boy name
Save as girl name