Alvin is an English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, and Slovene male given name.
Alvin was introduced in the Middle Ages based on surnames which were in turn derived from the Old English names Æthelwine, Ælfwine and Ealdwine. The names mean "noble friend", "friend of the elves", and "old friend" respectively.
The corresponding German name is Alwin, which continues the Old High German names Albwin and Adalwin.
Alvin Adams, early 19th-century businessman
Alvin Ailey, African American choreographer and activist
Alvin Langdon Coburn, photographer
Alvin Dark, Major League Baseball player and manager
Alvin Davis, Major League Baseball player
Alvin Goldman, American philosopher
Alvin Hall, financial adviser, author and TV presenter
Alvin Harrison, American Olympic gold medal runner
Alvin P. Hovey, American Civil War general, Indiana supreme court justice, congressman, and governor of Indiana
Alvin Hung, creator of GoAnimate.
Alvin Karpis, noted American criminal and "public enemy"
Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete, four-time gold medalist at the 1900 Paris Olympics
Alvin Boyd Kuhn, religious scholar
Alvin Lee, born Graham Barnes, guitarist and singer
Alvin Martin (born 1958), English footballer
Alvin Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
Alvin Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
Alvin Plantinga, philosopher
Alvin Robertson, NBA basketball player
Alvin Saunders (1817-1899), governor of Nebraska Territory and later U.S. Senator from Nebraska
Alvin Soura Pandey, Bangladeshi Audio Engineer
Alvin Stardust, born Bernard Jewry, English pop singer
Alvin Toffler, writer and futurist
Alvin Williams, American basketball player
Alvin Williams (American football), American football player
Alvin C. York, famous World War I soldier, Medal of Honor awardee
Alvin, one of many pseudonyms of Ken Laszlo, Eurobeat vocalist
Alvin, of fictional animated characters Alvin and the Chipmunks
