Irwin

Meanings

1. A Scottish or Irish surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Merced County, California.
5. A minor city in Bonneville County, Idaho.
6. A village in Kankakee County, Illinois.
7. A minor city in Shelby County, Iowa.
8. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
9. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Union County, Ohio.
10. A borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
11. A township in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
12. A census-designated place in Lancaster County, South Carolina.

Etymology

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