# Ervin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #34,477

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
English, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Irvin. Also Americanized from German Erwin.

## Easily confused with
- **even** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ervin-vs-even)
- **evil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ervin-vs-evil)
- **Evan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ervin-vs-evan)
- **Evie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ervin-vs-evie)
- **Erwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ervin-vs-erwin)
- **Eri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eri-vs-ervin)
- **eric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eric-vs-ervin)
- **Erik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-ervin)
- **Erin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erin-vs-ervin)
- **Edin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edin-vs-ervin)
- **Emin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emin-vs-ervin)
- **Elvis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elvis-vs-ervin)
- **Edwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edwin-vs-ervin)
- **ERNIE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ernie-vs-ervin)
- **Elgin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elgin-vs-ervin)
- **elven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elven-vs-ervin)

## Common misspellings (7)
`erivn`, `errvin`, `ervinn`, `ervni`, `ervvin`, `evrin`, `revin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ervin
