Name: Irwin

Gender: Male

Usage: Irwin is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Irwin are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Irwin across the world, see Irvine.

Name Meaning of Irwin

Meaning: The meaning of the name Irwin is: Boar friend, Sea lover.

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N.B. Sometimes it happens that another name has the same meaning. There is nothing surprising in this: both names have the same origin or the same numbers of numerology.

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Numerology Interpretation

Numerology of the first name Irwin: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber

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Popularity of the Name

The name Irwin is ranked on the 5,472nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 54500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Irwin has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Irwin for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

Name Day Calendar

The name day of Irwin is 12 November.

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History and Origin

Irwin is a given name, and may refer to:

  • Irwin Allen (1916–1991), television and film producer
  • Irwin Barker, Canadian comedian and writer
  • Irwin Caplan, cartoonist
  • Irwin Chusid, record producer, journalist, self-described landmark preservationist, and radio personality
  • Irwin Corey (born 1914), American comic and film actor
  • Irwin Cotler (born 1940), former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
  • Irwin Donenfeld, former Executive Vice President and Editorial Director of DC Comics
  • Irwin Edman (1896–1954), American philosopher and professor of philosophy
  • Irwin Goodman (1943–1991), Finnish singer
  • Irwin Hasen (born 1918), cartoonist best known for Wildcat and Dondi
  • Irwin Hoffman (born 1924), American conductor
  • Irwin M. Jacobs (born 1933), electrical engineer and chairman of Qualcomm
  • Irwin McIntosh (1926–1988), former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
  • Irwin Molasky
  • Irwin Rose (born 1926), American biologist, co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Irwin Schiff (born 1928), tax protester
  • Irwin Shaw (1913–1984), American playwright, screenwriter and author
  • Irwin Silber (born 1925), American writer
  • Irwin Stelzer (born 1932), American economist and business columnist for The Sunday Times (UK) and The Courier-Mail
  • Irwin Stone (1907–1984), biochemist, chemical engineer, and author
  • Irwin Thomas (born 1971), lead singer in the Australian band Southern Sons
  • Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director
  • Irwin Yablans (born 1934), independent film producer and distributor
Fictional characters
  • Irwin (Billy and Mandy), a fictional character from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

English: transferred use of the surname, which is derived from the medieval given name Erwin, composed of the Old English elements eofor boar + wine friend. There has also been some confusion with Irving. See also Erwin.

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