Elvin is a male given name.
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Other gender | |
| Feminine | Elvina |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Alvin |
In the Balkans, Elvin is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name is a modification to the name Alvin, another popular name among the group. Its popularity among these communities is likely due to its similarity to Eldin, a name also shared by many in the region.
Given name
edit- Elvin, Bishop of Várad (fl. 1189–1200), Hungarian prelate
- Elvin Aliyev (born 1984), Azerbaijani professional footballer
- Elvin Bale born in London, England, was a world-famous daredevil with Ringling Bros
- Elvin Beqiri (born 1980), Albanian footballer
- Elvin Bethea (born 1946), former American football defensive end
- Elvin Bishop (born 1942), American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist
- Elvin J. Cassell (1896–1970), American football coach in the United States
- Elvin W. Crane (1853–1909), American lawyer and Democratic party politician from New Jersey
- Elvin C. Drake (1903–1988), American college track and field coach and athletics trainer
- Elvin Feltner, (1929—2013), American film producer, television broadcaster and telecommunications entrepreneur
- Elvin Grey, (born 1989), Russian musician
- Elvin Hayes (born 1945), retired American basketball player and radio analyst
- Elvin R. Heiberg III (1932–2013) United States Army general
- Elvin Hutchison (1912–2001), American football player and official
- Elvin Jamalov (born 1995), Azerbaijani footballer
- Elvin Jones (1927–2004), jazz drummer of the post-bop era
- Elvin A. Kabat (1914–2000), American biomedical scientist
- Elvin Mammadov (born 1988), Azerbaijani footballer
- Elvin Mesger (1919–1988), holder of the American Bowling Congress record for 800-or-better series
- Elvin Ng (born 1980), actor in the Mediacorp stable in Singapore
- Elvin Nimrod (born 1943), politician from the island of Grenada
- Elvin Papik, the 26th head football coach for the Doane College Tigers located in Crete, Nebraska
- Elvin Penner, Belizean politician
- Elvin Ramírez (born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals
- Elvin Santos (born 1963), Vice President of Honduras 2006–2008
- Merton Elvin Scott, Canadian politician
- Elvin C. Stakman (1885–1979), American plant pathologist
- Elvin Tibideaux, fictional character on The Cosby Show
- Elvin Yunusov (born 1994), Azerbaijani football player
See also
edit- All pages with titles beginning with Elvin
- Elvin, distributed event routing service using a publish/subscribe event delivery model
- Elvin (surname)
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