Coal friend or dark friend
Derived from the Old English elements 'col' (meaning coal or dark) and 'wine' (meaning friend). It originally functioned as an English surname before transitioning into occasional use as a given name. It may also be related to the Irish name Colmán, meaning little dove.
Less common today
Colvin isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,900 in 2007.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Botanist and director of the National Tropical Botanical Garden
A pragmatic police major in the Baltimore Police Department · The Wire
