Erwin Family History
Erwin Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant of Irvine 1 and English: from the Middle English personal name Everwin Erwin perhaps from Old English Eoforwine (eofor ‘boar’ + wine ‘friend’) but mostly from an Old French form of the cognate ancient Germanic name Everwin or from a different ancient Germanic name Herewin with loss of initial H- (first element hari heri ‘army’). German: from the personal name Erwin from Herwin a compound of Old High German heri ‘army’ + wini ‘friend’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022