Alvin (given name)
Alvin is an English, Swedish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, and Sorbian male given name.
Etymology
Alvin was introduced in the Middle Ages based on surnames which were in turn derived from the Old English names Æthelwine, Ælfwine and Ealdwine. The names mean "noble friend", "friend of the elves", and "old friend" respectively.
The corresponding German name is Alwin, which continues the Old High German names Albwin and Adalwin.
Uses
Given names
- Alvin Adams, early 19th-century businessman
- Alvin Ailey, African American choreographer and activist
- Alvin Langdon Coburn, photographer
- Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager
- Alvin Davis, American baseball player
- Alvin Elchico (born 1974), Filipino journalist
- Alvin Ganzer (1911–2009), American film director
- Alvin Goldman, American philosopher
- Alvin Hall, financial adviser, author and TV presenter
- Alvin Harrison, American Olympic gold medal runner
- Alvin Youngblood Hart, American blues musician
- Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933), American federal judge
- Alvin P. Hovey, American Civil War general, Indiana supreme court justice, congressman, and governor of Indiana
- Alvin Kamara (born 1995), American football player
- Alvin Karpis, American criminal and "public enemy"
- Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete, four-time gold medalist at the 1900 Paris Olympics
- Alvin Boyd Kuhn, religious scholar
- Alvin Lee (1944–2013), born Graham Barnes, English guitarist and lead singer of the blues rock band Ten Years After
- Alvin Martin (born 1958), English footballer
- Alvin Mitchell (defensive back) (born 1943), American football player
- Alvin Mitchell (running back) (born 1964), American football player
- Alvin Moore (1891–1972), American horse rider
- Alvin Moore (American football) (born 1959), American baseball player
- Alvin Head Moore (1838–1911), Canadian politician
- Alvin Plantinga, philosopher
- Alvin Robertson, American basketball player
- Alvin Sargent (1927–2019), American screenwriter
- Alvin Saunders (1817–1899), governor of Nebraska Territory US Senator
- Alvin Stardust (1942–2014), born Bernard Jewry, English pop singer
- Alvin Toffler, writer and futurist
- Alvin Williams, American basketball player
- Alvin Williams (American football), American football player
- Alvin C. York, World War I soldier, Medal of Honor awardee
Multiple entries
- Alvin Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alvin Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
In popular culture
- Alvin, one of many pseudonyms of Ken Laszlo, Eurobeat vocalist
- Alvin, of fictional animated characters, Alvin and the Chipmunks
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See also
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- Alwin (disambiguation)
- Alboin (disambiguation)
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