Alvin

English
"noble friend, friend of the elves"

Alvin Origin and Meaning

The name Alvin is a boy's name of English origin meaning "noble friend, friend of the elves".

Alvin has a sturdy, no-frills sound that belies its somewhat whimsical meaning. Interesting potential namesakes include British rocker Alvin Stardust, and US footballer Alvin Williams, and African-American dance legend (and activist) Alvin Ailey.

# 763 in the US

Alvin Rank in US Top 1000

# 1438 on Nameberry

Alvin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Alvin Popularity

Famous People Named Alvin

  • Alvin Lustig
    Modernist Designer
  • Alvin Lucier
    Composer
  • Alvin Nathaniel Joiner
    American rapper
  • Alvin Adams
    early 19th century businessman
  • Alvin Ailey
    African American choreographer and activist
  • Alvin Boyd Kuhn
    religious scholar
  • Alvin Cheung
    graphic designer who worked on stop,motion claymated television series Pingu.
  • Alvin Dark
    Major League Baseball player and manager
  • Alvin Davis
    Major League Baseball player
  • Alvin Goldman
    American philosopher
  • Alvin Hall
    financial adviser, author and TV presenter
  • Alvin Harrison
    American Olympic gold medal runner
  • Alvin P. Hovey
    American Civil War general, Indiana supreme court justice, congressman, and governor of Indiana
  • Alvin Karpis
    noted American criminal and "public enemy"
  • Alvin Kraenzlein
    American athlete, four time gold medalist at the 1900 Paris Olympics
  • Alvin Langdon Coburn
    photographer
  • Alvin Lee
    born Graham Barnes, guitarist and singer
  • Alvin Martin
    English footballer
  • Alvin Plantinga
    philosopher
  • Alvin Robertson
    NBA basketball player
  • Alvin Saunders
    governor of Nebraska Territory and later U.S. Senator from Nebraska
  • Alvin Stardust
    born Bernard Jewry, English pop singer
  • Alvin Toffler
    writer and futurist
  • Alvin C. York
    famous World War I soldier, Medal of Honor awardee
  • Alvin Soura Pandey
    Bangladeshi Audio Engineer
  • Alvin
    one of many pseudonyms of Ken Laszlo, Eurobeat vocalist

Alvin in Pop Culture

  • Alvin Kersh
    character from "The X Files"
  • Alvin
    from movie "ParaNorman"
  • Alvin
    crater on Mars
  • Alvin
    Canadian Standardbred racehorse
  • 13677 Alvin
    asteroid
  • DSV Alvin
    deep,submergence vehicle
  • Alvin
    fictional planet on ALF (TV series)
  • Alvin the Treacherous
    villain in the "How to Train Your Dragon" book series and the "Riders of Berk" TV series
  • Alvin Desmond aka Doctor Alchemy
    character on TV's "The Flash"