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The first name 
Arvin

Arvin is a first name for boys.

When two boys called Arvin meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Arvin is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 5 out of 100,000 boys have been named Arvin. In the SmartGenius ranking, Arvin is #1,691 on the list of most common boys names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Arvin.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Arvin

Arvin -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Arvin, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 26 states are home to men and boys named Arvin. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Arvin living in one state or another. If your name is Arvin and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Kentucky, which has the most people named Arvin relative to the population, you still have to ask 22,543 men and boys their names before you hear Arvin as an answer just once.

Arvin has 5 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.

With five letters, the name Arvin is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.

Other names with 
A, r, v, i and n

If you take all the letters in the name Arvin – A, r, v, i and n – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Irvan or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Arvin

If your name is Arvin and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Arvin

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Arvin, you can simply say:

Apple

Rocket

Violin

Igloo

Nut

This is how the name Arvin is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Arvin in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Arvin

Arvin

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Arvin

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Arvin is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
R
V
I
N

Have you ever waved the name Arvin

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
R
V
I
N

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Arvin sounds like this: