Celvin
Boy · KEL-vin · Scottish
Celvin is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “narrow river”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Celvin mean?
Scottish: variant of Kelvin, the Glasgow river name
“narrow river”
Variant of Kelvin, the name of a Glasgow river that physicist William Thomson took as his title, Lord Kelvin.
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- KEL-vin
Is Celvin a girl's or a boy's name?
Celvin is a boys' name.
How popular is Celvin in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Celvin in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celvin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
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