Erwin

American

[ur-win] / ˈɜr wɪn /

noun

a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”

Example Sentences

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Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, said Trump’s attempts to bypass the normal confirmation processes are unconstitutional.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Erwin co-founded The Wonder Project, the company behind “House of David,” with Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten, a former Netflix and YouTube executive.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

"The worst case would, of course, be that we don't have an extension of the moratorium. That's something that we cannot exclude," the Swiss WTO ambassador Erwin Bollinger said ahead of the conference.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Vahey works in the research group led by Professor Erwin Reisner at Cambridge.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

I leaned Erwin up against the garage door and did a perimeter check.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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