First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by Marcia Layton Turner. Buy this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.
Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.
Last name origin & meaning:
Finnish (Järvinen): topographic or ornamental name from Järvi (see Jarvi) + the common surname suffix -nen. This name is found mainly in western Finland.