Alvin (given name)

Alvin is an English male given name.

Etymology

Alvin was introduced in the 19th century based on surnames which were in turn derived from the Old English names Æthelwine, Ælfwine and Ealdwine. The names mean "noble friend", "friend of the elves", and "old friend" respectively.

The corresponding German name is Alwin, which continues the Old High German names Albwin and Adalwin.

Uses

Given names

• Alvin Adams, early 19th century businessman
• Alvin Ailey, African American choreographer and activist
• Alvin Langdon Coburn, photographer
• 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 Hung, creator of GoAnimate.
• Alvin Karpis, noted American criminal and "public enemy"
• Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete, four time gold medalist at the 1900 Paris Olympics
• Alvin Boyd Kuhn, religious scholar
• Alvin Lee, born Graham Barnes, guitarist and singer
• Alvin Martin (born 1958), English footballer
• Alvin Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alvin Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alvin Plantinga, philosopher
• Alvin Robertson, NBA basketball player
• Alvin Saunders (1817-1899), governor of Nebraska Territory and later U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Alvin Soura Pandey, Bangladeshi Audio Engineer
• Alvin Stardust, born Bernard Jewry, English pop singer
• Alvin Toffler, writer and futurist
• Alvin Williams, American basketball player
• Alvin Williams (American football), American football player
• Alvin C. York, famous World War I soldier, Medal of Honor awardee

In popular culture

• Alvin, one of many pseudonyms of Ken Laszlo, Eurobeat vocalist
• Alvin, of fictional animated characters Alvin and the Chipmunks

See also

• Alwin (disambiguation)
• Alboin (disambiguation)