Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Sea friend Boy name variations Irving Irvin Irvine Irwyn Irven Irvinn Irvon Irvyn Irvyne Family name origins & meanings Northern Irish, Scottish, and English : variant of Irvin.English : from the Middle English personal name Irwyn,Erwyn, or Everwyn, Old English Eoforwine, composed of the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wine‘friend’.From the Welsh personal name Urien (seeUren). Famous people with this last name Steve Irwin