Irvin is a male given name of Indo-European origin. In Old Gaelic, the meaning of the name is "freshwater" or "friend of the sea." It can also be used as a variant of Ervin, the Eastern European version of the German name Erwin, which means "friend of the army."
In the Middle East, Arvin (آروین) is the Persian variant of the name, meaning "tested and experienced."[3] Meanwhile, Arfin (عرفين) (earfayn) is the Arabic variant, meaning "trusty."[4] In Arabic, the letter v is absent and is substituted with f.
In the Balkans, particularly in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia,[5] the name is used as an alternative[6] to Ervin, the more popular variant in the region, with Irvin being a modern variation of the name.[7] Among the former Yugoslav countries, the name may have been derived from the word irvas, meaning reindeer in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian. It is used as a male given name in the region, but these countries also have a female equivalent: Irvina (for example, Irvina Bajramović).
The name originated in Europe, but it is also found in Asia, North America, and South America. It is especially popular in Indonesia, where both the male version (Irvin) and the female version (Irvina) are used.
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