Alvina is an English female
given name
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with the meaning "elf friend", "amicable", "friendly". In English it is the feminine form of
Alvin, which comes from the Old English name Ælfwine, containing the words ''
ælf'' meaning "elf" and ''wine'' meaning "friend", or from the
Old High German name Adelwin / Adalwin, meaning ''Noble Friend''.
It is an uncommon name, first attested in mediaeval English records,
and was revived in the 20th century. Popularity waned after 1939, and now less than 0.001% of the British population is named Alvina. Diminutives of this name include ''Alveena'', ''Alvi'', ''Alvy'' and ''Alwy''.
Notable people with this name
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Anicée Alvina
Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche (born Anicée Shahmanesh or Anicee Schahmane ( fa, انیسه شاهمنش; 28 January 1953 – 11 November 2006) was a French singer and actress.
Early life and career
Alvina was born at Boulog ...
, French actress
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Alvina Kong, Chinese actress
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Alvina Krause
Alvina Krause (January 28, 1893 – December 31, 1981) was an American drama teacher at Northwestern University, theatrical entrepreneur, "maker of stars", and director. Her students called her AK. Her first name is pronounced Al-vine-na
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, founding director of the
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Bloomsburg may refer to:
Places
* Bloomsburg, Ontario, Canada
* Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
* Bloomsburg (Watkins House), a historic plantation estate in South Boston, Virginia, US
Other
* Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
* Blooms ...
Fictional characters
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Alvina Houghton
Alvina is an English female given name with the meaning "elf friend", "amicable", "friendly". In English it is the feminine form of Alvin, which comes from the Old English name Ælfwine, containing the words '' ælf'' meaning "elf" and ''wine'' mea ...
, a character in ''
The Lost Girl
''The Lost Girl'' is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1920. It was awarded the 1920 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the fiction category.
Lawrence started it shortly after writing ''Women in Love'', and worked on it only spora ...
'' by
D. H. Lawrence
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Variations
* Elvina
* Elvyna
* Elwina
* Elwyna
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Elvis
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* Elwin
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Elwyn
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Alvin
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Alwyn
Alwyn is a name, primarily used as a given name.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Alwyn Bramley-Moore (1878–1916), politician and soldier from Alberta, Canada
*Alwyn Davey (born 1984), Indigenous Australian rules footballer
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Elvin
Elvin may refer to:
* Elvin (given name)
* Elvin (surname)
* Elvin (service), a distributed event routing service
* ''Elvin!'', a 1968 album by Elvin Jones
See also
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* Alvin (disambiguation)
* Elfin (disambiguation)
* Elvan (disambiguati ...
Female
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Alveena
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Elvina (disambiguation) Elvina may refer to:
Places
*Elviña, Spain, town where the Battle of Corunna took place
*Castro de Elviña, ruined site in Galicia, Spain
*Elvina Bay, New South Wales, bay in northern Sydney, Australia
People
* Elvina M. Hall (1818-1889), Americ ...
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Elvena
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Vena
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Behind the Name
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English feminine given names
Feminine given names