# Irvine

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɜɹvɪn/ · frequency rank #13,938

## Definitions
1. A river in Ayrshire, Scotland, which flows into the Firth of Clyde near the town of Irvine.
2. A town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3238).
3. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A surname from Scottish Gaelic derived from the place name.
10. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).

## Easily confused with
- **Irwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irvine-vs-irwin)
- **Irving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irvine-vs-irving)
- **Irene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irene-vs-irvine)
- **Irina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irvine)
- **Irvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irvin-vs-irvine)
- **invite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invite-vs-irvine)
- **iodine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iodine-vs-irvine)
- **inline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inline-vs-irvine)

## Common misspellings (8)
`irivne`, `irrvine`, `irvien`, `irvinne`, `irvnie`, `irvvine`, `ivrine`, `rivine`

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