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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Sea friend

First name variations: Irvin, Irvine, Irwyn, Irven, Irvinn, Irvon, Irvyn, Irvyne, Irving

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Northern Irish, Scottish, and English: variant of Irvin.
  2. English: from the Middle English personal name Irwyn, Erwyn, or Everwyn, Old English Eoforwine, composed of the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wine ‘friend’.
  3. From the Welsh personal name Urien (see Uren).

Famous people with this last name: Steve Irwin

This name appears in the following lists: Nobel Prize Winners