Edvin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ED-vin
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Edvin is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “rich friend”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Edvin mean?
Old English: Scandinavian and Balkan form of Edwin
“rich friend”
A Scandinavian and Balkan form of Edwin, from Old English ead 'wealth' and wine 'friend'.
Is Edvin a girl's or a boy's name?
Edvin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edvin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Edvin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edvin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Edvin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Edvin, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Edvin than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Edvin in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edvin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Nicknames for Edvin
Names like Edvin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Kayden Aiden Brody Ronan Aarav Kian Rowan River Aryan Arjun Arjan
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Edvin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edvin, updated 20 October 2026.