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Elf can be pluralised both as elves and elfs. Something associated with elves or the qualities of elves is described by the adjectives elven, elvish, elfin or elfish. A convention of modern fantasy usage is: the v in elven or elvish refers to human-sized elves (who correspond more closely to the mythology of the Viking Era), whereas the f in elfin or elfish refers to tiny-sized elfs (who correspond more closely to the folklore of the Renaissance and Romantic Eras). They are also called:
Germany: Elfen, Elben, Alben (the last one was used by Richard Wagner)
Great Britain: addler (obsolete)
Netherlands: elfen, elven, alven <===== ELVEN
Denmark: alfer, elvere, elverfolk, ellefolk or huldrer.
Iceland: álfar, álfafólk and huldufólk (hidden people)
Norway: alver, alfer or elvefolk
Sweden: alfer, alver or älvor (Älvor translates to fairies)
The boy's name Elvin is pronounced EL-vin. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "elf friend; highborn friend". Variant of Alvin.
Elvin has 7 variant forms: Elven, Elvern, Elvyn, Elwin, Elwinn, Elwyn and Elwynne. <==== ELVEN
For more information, see also the related name Alvern. Similar baby name suggestions for Elvin are Alvin, Alvan, Alvyn and Alven. Search for more names similar to Elvin starting with El-, Elv-, Elvi- or ending with -in, -vin, -lvin, -elvin.
Elvin is a popular male first name and a popular surname, according to the 1990 U.S. Census. Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Elvin. Click here to compare Elvin with its variants.
So as you can see, Elven can be either a name for elves or an English name for male.