Irving name - Meaning of Irving

Irving name - Meaning of Irving

Gender

Masculine

Lucky Number

7

Usage

English, Scottish, Jewish

Pronounced

UR-ving (English, Scottish)

Irving Meaning

From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name meaning "green water". Historically this name has been relatively common among Jews, who have used it as an American-sounding form of Hebrew names beginning with I such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah. A famous bearer was the Russian-American songwriter and lyricist Irving Berlin (1888-1989), whose birth name was Israel Beilin. Irving originates in Scottish language and means "water of green". Originally, it was used as a surname and as a surname it functions until today, the famous bearers being Washington Irving, an American author, and John Irving, an American novelist and screenwriter.

Irving Celebrities
Irving Berlin - composer, Irving Cummings - film director, Irving Fryar - football player, Irving Mills - musician, Irving Rapper - film director, Irving Wallace - author,