# Irwin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɝwɪn/ · frequency rank #13,545

## Definitions
1. A Scottish or Irish surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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12. A local government area, the Shire of Irwin, in the Mid West region, Western Australia.

## Etymology
From a medieval given name Erwin, Old English eofor (“boar”) + wine (“friend”), the latter of which is from Proto-West Germanic *wini.

## Easily confused with
- **iron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iron-vs-irwin)
- **Iran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irwin)
- **iris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iris-vs-irwin)
- **Iain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iain-vs-irwin)
- **Irina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irwin)
- **Irvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irvin-vs-irwin)
- **Irfan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irfan-vs-irwin)
- **Irving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irving-vs-irwin)
- **Irvine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irvine-vs-irwin)
- **Erwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erwin-vs-irwin)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iriwn`, `irrwin`, `irwinn`, `irwni`, `irwwin`, `iwrin`, `riwin`

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