Statistics and meaning of name Skirvin

Usage: 4% firstname, 96% surname.
Skirvin first name was found 48 times in 1 different countries. (USA)
Surname Skirvin is used at least 1001 times in at least 4 countries.

Given names David Skirvin (2) Zara Skirvin (2) Anthony Skirvin (2) Alison Skirvin (2) Muriel Skirvin (1) Peter Skirvin (1) Maureen Skirvin (1) Mary Skirvin (1) Rita Skirvin (1) Matthew Skirvin (1) Shaun Skirvin (1) Tracey Skirvin (1) Sylvia Skirvin (1) Martin Skirvin (1) Samuel Skirvin (1) Robert Skirvin (1) Jason Skirvin (1) Doris Skirvin (1) Enid Skirvin (1) Darren Skirvin (1) Barbara Skirvin (1) Anne Skirvin (1) Eric Skirvin (1) George Skirvin (1) Alan Skirvin (1) Jean Skirvin (1) James Skirvin (1) Harry Skirvin (1) Harold Skirvin (1) Kerisa Skirvin (1)

   

Skirvin reversed is Nivriks
Name contains 7 letters - 28.57% vowels and 71.43% consonants.

Anagrams: Rvikins Kinrivs Vnirsik Nikvirs Risnikv
Misspells: Skilvin Skirrvin Sskirvin Skyrvin Skirbin Skjrvin Skervin Skirvina Sikrvin Skirvni Skirivn



Rhymes: Irvin Marvin Mervin Alvin Angevin Calvin Devin curving swerving serving cursing perfon

Meaning of this name is unknown.

Mary Lynn Skirvin says: The name Skirvin is likely of old Norse origins, later to become an established name in the Lanarkshire area between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Lanark was a bustling port city between the two, and was the likely port of origin of the name coming to the US. Earliest known record of a Skirvin in the US is of George Skirvin, a merchant, in 1725. The record has him landing in Maryland.
Mary Lynn Skirvin says: The name is definitely Scottish/Norse in origin. It's meaning, according to the Dictionary of the Scots Language, is: A thin layer, either applied or removed. It is my belief that this is closely tied to the leather working word to "skive". To skive a strip of leather means to use a sharp blade to shave the strip down to a narrow point, usually through the thickness of the leather. This also fits with the knowledge that George Skirvin II (within the US) was a wheelwright for a time. In the black smithing trade, a man working in a smithy might make barrels for storage, wheels for wagons, forge tools, and also make saddles or harnesses, or at least be able to repair same. Side note: The word could also be used for thin layers of snow, thin layers of spreadable substances, like mud, paint, jams, butter, etc. Used in a sentence: Wet weather has given place to hard frost and a skirving of snow. The word is related to: skirfen = crust (1605); scriffen, and screef. The dictionary quoted within was supported by the Scottish government, through the University of Glasgow.
Mary Lynn Skirvin says: Other misspellings: Sherwin, Scurvin, Scirvin, Skirven, Skiruin, Skirving, Skirvine,

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Writers: Charles E Skirvin, Robert M. Skirvin, Mary Lynn Skirvin

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