# Alvina

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**Alvina** is an English female [given name](/source/Given_name) with the meaning "elf friend", "amicable", "friendly". In English it is the feminine form of [Alvin](/source/Alvin_(given_name)), which comes from the Old English name [Ælfwine](/source/%C3%86lfwine), containing the words *[ælf](/source/%C3%86lf)* meaning "elf" and *wine* meaning "friend", or from the [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) name Adelwin / Adalwin, meaning "noble friend".

It is an uncommon name, first attested in mediaeval English records,[1] and was revived in the 20th century.

## Notable people with this name

- [Anicée Alvina](/source/Anic%C3%A9e_Alvina), French actress
- [Alvina Gyulumyan](/source/Alvina_Gyulumyan) (born 1956), Armenian judge
- [Alvina Krause](/source/Alvina_Krause) (1893–1981), American drama teacher and director
- [Alvina Reynolds](/source/Alvina_Reynolds) (born 1968), Saint Lucian politician, president of the Senate of Saint Lucia since 2022
- [Alvina Shpady](/source/Alvina_Shpady) (1935–2019), Uzbekistani artist and art and textile restorer
- [Juan Alvina Bezerra](/source/Juan_Alvina_Bezerra) (born 2003), known as Juan Alvina, Brazilian footballer
- [Viña Delmar](/source/Vi%C3%B1a_Delmar) ( Alvina Louise Croter; 1903–1990), American short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

## Fictional characters

- [Alvina Houghton](/source/Alvina_Houghton), a character in *[The Lost Girl](/source/The_Lost_Girl)* by [D. H. Lawrence](/source/D._H._Lawrence)
- Alvina of the Darkroot Forest, a character in *[Dark Souls](/source/Dark_Souls)* by From Software

## Variations

- [Elvina](/source/Elvina_(disambiguation))
- Elvyna
- Elwina
- Elwyna

### Male

- [Elvis](/source/Elvis)
- [Elwin (disambiguation)](/source/Elwin_(disambiguation))
- [Elwyn (disambiguation)](/source/Elwyn_(disambiguation))
- [Alvin](/source/Alvin_(given_name))
- [Alwyn](/source/Alwyn)
- [Elvin](/source/Elvin_(given_name))

### Female

- [Alveena](/source/Alveena)
- [Elvina (disambiguation)](/source/Elvina_(disambiguation))
- [Elvena](/source/Elvena)
- [Vena (disambiguation)](/source/Vena_(disambiguation))

## See also

- [Anicée Alvina](/source/Anic%C3%A9e_Alvina)

## References

1. ["Feminine Given Names in DES, part 2"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070701011655/http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaneyAG.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaneyAG.html) on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2019-06-03.

## External links

- [Behind the Name](https://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=alvina)

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