Meaning and Origin of: Erwin

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hungarian : Variation of Irving

Boy name variations

Ervin
Irvin
Irving
Ervan
Erven
Erwan
Erwyn

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish, English, and Irish : variant of Irvin.
  • German : from the personal name Erwin, from Herwin, a compound of Old High German heri ‘army’ +wini ‘friend’.