Alvy

Where Alvy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Alvy.

  • Vowel-ended
Alvy through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #845
    6 babies named Alvy, its best rank.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1921
    Alvy Moore born
    American actor and comedian
  5. 1943
    Alvy Ray Smith born
    American filmmaker and cartoonist co-founder of Pixar
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Alvy Ray Smith · American filmmaker and cartoonist co-founder of Pixar, born 1943
  • Alvy Moore · American actor and comedian, 1921–1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.