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Irving

ir·ving

UK/ˈɜː.vɪŋ/ US/ˈɝ.vɪŋ/ fairly common

noun

1.

United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)

2.

United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)

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Origin

Variant of the Scottish habitational surname Irvine, probably from a Celtic word cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“fresh”) + afon (“river”).

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