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Evin

Gender
Unisex
Say it
EV-in
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,756 for boys

Unisex

Evin is a name, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).

What does Evin mean?

Kurdish, from evîn 'love'; also a variant of Evan

“love”

Used by Kurdish and Turkish families; English-speaking parents often use it as a spelling of Evan.

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

In recent years, Evin has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 29 boys in the US.

How popular is Evin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 200% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Evin, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 boys. 12 girls were also named Evin in 2025 (2,344th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Evin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 311 boys in the UK were given Evin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #193, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 36% of the babies named Evin in the UK in 2007, and 80% in 2025.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 12 in 20092025
Evin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
202410#2,328
20238#2,691
20228#2,678
20213#4,989
20204#4,025
20190–
20183#4,959
20174#4,161
20165#3,655
20153#4,955
20144#4,063
20130–
201210#2,230
20113#4,837
20107#2,775
200912#1,852
20082#5,878
20077#2,554
20063#4,204
20050–
20041#4,870
20030–
20020–
20011#4,138

How popular is Evin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,756among boys
Babies in 2025
29about 1 in 59,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Evin, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 138 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918. 5 girls were also named Evin in 2025 (14,937th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Evin than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Evin in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,449 boys in the US were given Evin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #167, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 15% of the babies named Evin in the US were girls.

1918Busiest: 138 in 20052025
Evin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202529#3,756
202416#5,655
202327#3,999
202228#3,876
202127#3,908
202051#2,504
201950#2,581
201858#2,299
201745#2,714
201666#2,110
201575#1,931
201463#2,152
201370#1,963
201265#2,090
201197#1,587
2010114#1,447
2009134#1,304
2008108#1,504
2007127#1,332
2006125#1,316
2005138#1,154
2004122#1,233
2003110#1,281
200271#1,657
200169#1,673
200057#1,844
199981#1,433
199853#1,846
199765#1,568
199656#1,687
199555#1,643
199461#1,526
199354#1,633
199256#1,567
199153#1,583
199046#1,725
198967#1,331
198850#1,496
198755#1,335
198644#1,510
198529#1,974
198433#1,722
198323#2,207
198230#1,849
198124#2,137
198019#2,535
197918#2,567
197811#3,399
197728#1,823
197614#2,825
19756#4,795
197413#2,797
197310#3,221
197212#2,817
197113#2,685
19708#3,519
19696#3,934
19689#2,906
19679#2,759
19667#3,247
196511#2,474
196412#2,408
19636#3,645
19625#4,031
19617#3,354
19607#3,335
19598#3,036
19585#3,942
19575#3,991
19566#3,533
19556#3,503
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19495#3,688
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19355#3,644
19345#3,677
19330–
19325#3,774
19315#3,761
19306#3,590
19295#3,957
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19236#3,819
19220–
19210–
19205#4,284
19190–
19188#3,095

Names like Evin

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

Other spellings of Evin

Names related to Evin

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