Elwyn

Where Elwyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Elwyn.

Elwyn through the years
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,035 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1894
    Elwyn Roy King born
    fighter ace in the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during World War I
  3. 1912
    Peak, #592
    47 babies named Elwyn, its best rank.
  4. 1940
    Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp born
    American mathematician
  5. 1950
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,572.
  6. 2015
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp · American mathematician, 1940–2019
  • Elwyn Roy King · fighter ace in the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during World War I, 1894–1941
  • Elwyn L. Simons · U.S. paleontologist and primatologist, 1930–2016
  • Elwyn Hartley Edwards · author and equestrian, 1927–2007
  • Elwyn Friedrich · Swiss ice hockey player, 1933–2012

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.