Alvina is an English female

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with the meaning "elf friend", "amicable", "friendly". In English it is the feminine form of

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, which comes from the Old English name Ælfwine, containing the words '' ælf'' meaning "elf" and ''wine'' meaning "friend", or from the

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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 *

Alvina Kong Elvina Kong Yan-yin (; born 6 July 1967) is a Hong Kong television actress and presenter currently under contract to TVB. Background Kong was born in British Hong Kong on 6 July 1967. She was a finalist in the New Talent Singing Contest 1985 ...

, Chinese actress *

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 P ...

, founding director of the

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Fictional characters

* Alvina Houghton, a character in ''

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Variations

* Elvina * Elvyna * Elwina * Elwyna

Male

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* Elwin *

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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 * ...

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

* * * Alvin (disambiguation) * Elfin (disambiguation) * Elvan (disambiguati ...

Female

* Alveena *

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 ...

* Elvena * Vena

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