Boy name origins & meanings Hungarian : Variation of IrvingOld English : Sea friend Boy name variations Ervin Irving Ervan Erwin Erven Erwan Erwyn Irvine Irwin Irwyn Irven Irvinn Irvon Irvyn Irvyne Family name origins & meanings Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEireamhóin ‘descendant of Eireamhón’, a personal name of uncertain origin. See also Irwin. There has also been some confusion with Irvine.