Darvin Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Spelled Darvin, the surname still points back to Darwin. In origin, the name means “Dear friend”.

• Related forms: Derwin and Darwen.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Darvin with 253 bearers, at rank 76,029. 120 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Darvin name at birth.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Darvin writes “v” in place of the “w” found in Darwin, a common scribal difference.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Darwin and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Darvin surname pack.