Alvin

English

"noble friend, friend of the elves"

Alvin Origin and Meaning

Variation of Elvin

Alvin Rank in US Top 1000

# 791 in the US

Alvin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1021 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alvin

• 791 US 2024
• 1021 Nameberry 2025
• 672 Future 2028
• 891 England 2023
• 79 sweden 2024

20 Names Similar to Alvin

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• Glenn
• Dale
• Todd
• Eddie
• Reggie
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• Roderick
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Famous People Named Alvin

• Alvin Lustig Modernist Designer
• Alvin Lucier Composer
• Alvin Nathaniel Joiner American rapper
• Alvin Adams early 19th century businessman
• Alvin Ailey African American choreographer and activist
• Alvin Boyd Kuhn religious scholar
• Alvin Cheung graphic designer who worked on stop,motion claymated television series Pingu.
• Alvin Dark Major League Baseball player and manager
• Alvin Davis Major League Baseball player
• Alvin Goldman American philosopher
• Alvin Hall financial adviser, author and TV presenter
• Alvin Harrison American Olympic gold medal runner
• Alvin P. Hovey American Civil War general, Indiana supreme court justice, congressman, and governor of Indiana
• Alvin Karpis noted American criminal and "public enemy"
• Alvin Kraenzlein American athlete, four time gold medalist at the 1900 Paris Olympics
• Alvin Langdon Coburn photographer
• Alvin Lee born Graham Barnes, guitarist and singer
• Alvin Martin English footballer
• Alvin Plantinga philosopher
• Alvin Robertson NBA basketball player
• Alvin Saunders governor of Nebraska Territory and later U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Alvin Stardust born Bernard Jewry, English pop singer
• Alvin Toffler writer and futurist
• Alvin C. York famous World War I soldier, Medal of Honor awardee
• Alvin Soura Pandey Bangladeshi Audio Engineer
• Alvin one of many pseudonyms of Ken Laszlo, Eurobeat vocalist

The name Alvin in Pop Culture

• Alvin Kersh character from "The X Files"
• Alvin from movie "ParaNorman"
• Alvin crater on Mars
• Alvin Canadian Standardbred racehorse
• 13677 Alvin asteroid
• DSV Alvin deep,submergence vehicle
• Alvin fictional planet on ALF (TV series)
• Alvin the Treacherous villain in the "How to Train Your Dragon" book series and the "Riders of Berk" TV series
• Alvin Desmond aka Doctor Alchemy character on TV's "The Flash"

International Variations of the name Alvin

• Aluino Spanish
• Alwin German
• Aluin French
• Aloin French
• Alvino Italian