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.
About 5 boys were named Colvin in 2025.
Botanist and director of the National Tropical Botanical Garden
A pragmatic police major in the Baltimore Police Department · The Wire
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
