vze422fs at verizon.net wrote: >Irving is a name identified by Americans as Jewish. > Very true, and also very strange, given that the name is of Scottish origin. Maybe it is related to the German name "Erwin", from eber "wild boar" and win "friend". http://www.behindthename.com/nm/i2.html http://www.behindthename.com/nm/e3.html Cyrus