Irving Family History
Irving Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Irvine .
History: The writer Washington Irving (1783–1859), who wrote the stories ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, was born in NY. His father was Deacon William Irving (from a family also recorded as Irvine), who came to NY in 1763 from Orkney, Scotland, a former British packet officer, a patriot during the Revolution, and a successful merchant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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