as a First Name
Transferred use of the Scottish surname, in origin a local name from a place in the former county of Dumfriesshire, which has the same origin as Irvine. In the case of the songwriter Irving Berlin (1888–1989), the name was adopted: he was of Jewish origin, and was originally called Israel Baline. Irving is now a fairly common given name in North America. Among Jewish bearers, it is generally taken as an English equivalent of Israel.
| 1,190th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,952
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 35,209
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- New York
- has the most people named Irving per capita
- 1912
- marked the height of its popularity
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