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Elwin

Gender
Boy
Say it
EL-win
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#4,856 for boys

Elwin is a boys' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).

What does Elwin mean?

Old English: English surname from Old English Ælfwine or Æthelwine

Comes from Old English Ælfwine, 'elf friend', or Æthelwine, 'noble friend'.

Is Elwin a girl's or a boy's name?

Elwin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elwin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 467% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Elwin, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.

Half of all the boys named Elwin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Elwin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 7 in 20242025
Elwin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20247#3,003
20235#3,712
20224#4,195
20213#4,989
20203#4,803
20190–
20180–
20170–
20164#4,214
20150–
20140–
20133#4,884
20123#4,999
20115#3,446
20103#4,865
20090–
20080–
20070–
20061#5,377
20054#3,330

How popular is Elwin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,856among boys
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 85,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Elwin, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 147 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

2025 had more boys named Elwin than any year since 1974.

Half of all the boys named Elwin in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 147 in 19232025
Elwin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202520#4,856
202413#6,464
202312#6,892
202218#5,211
202111#7,084
202014#5,976
201916#5,551
201815#5,766
20176#10,770
201614#6,048
20150–
201410#7,557
20139#8,113
201214#5,995
201115#5,670
20109#8,133
20098#8,980
200811#7,182
200714#5,898
200612#6,455
200517#4,819
200415#5,241
200310#6,708
200211#6,081
200115#4,884
200010#6,309
199910#6,036
199812#5,153
199713#4,663
199611#5,180
199510#5,495
199413#4,531
199311#4,995
199218#3,452
199118#3,319
199012#4,401
198911#4,521
198811#4,157
198714#3,334
198617#2,888
198510#4,047
198411#3,698
19839#4,139
19828#4,591
198115#2,896
19807#4,938
197911#3,567
197811#3,399
197711#3,384
19768#4,010
197517#2,448
197420#2,129
197311#3,011
197212#2,817
197115#2,463
197011#2,890
196911#2,681
196811#2,575
196720#1,757
196619#1,756
196516#1,986
196426#1,544
196326#1,547
196227#1,514
196139#1,261
196029#1,485
195936#1,301
195829#1,445
195741#1,213
195647#1,105
195545#1,104
195460#951
195360#925
195256#952
195145#1,069
195064#849
194950#984
194860#878
194750#1,013
194646#1,003
194568#743
194455#853
194370#781
194272#755
194168#751
194064#770
193960#784
193884#652
193769#729
193672#698
193579#670
193485#655
193374#694
1932103#583
1931106#572
193088#662
1929109#571
1928118#562
1927119#564
1926145#502
1925129#539
1924135#545
1923147#502
1922141#520
1921144#515
1920129#539
1919104#587
1918114#568
1917119#532
1916102#565
1915124#497
1914109#462
191361#552
191257#521
191124#624
191016#755
190912#840
190822#541
190710#865
190615#613
19058#918
19047#966
19038#846
19027#932
19018#778
190010#835
18997#856
189811#662
189711#652
18960–
18958#794
18947#856
18930–
18926#955
189110#597
18905#994
188910#628
18888#755
18877#752
18860–
18850–
18845#971
18835#891
18826#836

Names like Elwin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Wilfred Edwin Edward Alfred Eddie Arthur Reuben Otis Archie Louie Frederick Stanley

Other spellings of Elwin

Elwyn

Names related to Elwin

Elian Elion Alwin

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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, “Elwin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elwin, updated 20 October 2026.