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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Name day | Poland: 11 March, France, Germany, United States: 12 October |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | rich/blessed friend |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Audun, Edvin, Edwina |
The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from Old English: ēad (wealth, good fortune) and Old English: wine (friend).[1] Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England.
People
- Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint
- Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933)
- Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), Ealdorman of Sussex
- Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon
- Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II)
- Edwin (director) (born 1978), Indonesian filmmaker
- Edwin (musician) (born 1968), Canadian musician
- Edwin Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the 1st and 2nd State Council of Ceylon
- Edwin Ariyadasa (1922–2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist
- Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911) British artist
- Edwin Eugene Aldrin (born 1930), birth name of Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut
- Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), American inventor
- Edwin Batdorf (1853–1927), American colonel
- Edwin Bennett (1818–1908), ceramics industrialist
- Edwin Biedermann (1877–1929), British real tennis player
- Edwin Birdsong (1941–2019), American keyboardist and organist
- Edwin Booth (1833–1893), Shakespearean actor
- Jayawardene Welatantrige Edwin Boteju, Sri Lankan Sinhala Anglican clergyman and legislator
- Edwin H. Brainard (1882–1957), American Marine aviation pioneer
- Edwin Bramall (1923–2019), Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces
- Edwin Cassiani (born 1972), Colombian boxer
- Edwin Centeno (1981–2010), Peruvian race walker
- Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890) British social reformer
- Edwin Clarke (1919–1996), British neurologist and medical historian
- Edwin L. Cox, American oilman and philanthropist from Dallas, Texas
- Edwin M. Cronk (1918–2020), American diplomat
- Edwin Davies (1946–2018), British businessman and philanthropist
- Edwin L. Elwood (1847–1907), American soldier
- Edwin Encarnación (born 1983), Dominican baseball player
- Edwin Escobar (born 1992), Venezuelan professional baseball player
- Edwin L. Felter (1917–2004), justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
- Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896), American businessman and politician
- Edwin E. Floyd (1924–1990), American mathematician
- Edwin M. Gardner (1845–1935), American painter
- Edwin Norman Hartshorn (1835–1901), American politician and educator
- Edwin Haslam (1932–2013), physical organic chemist and an author of books on polyphenols
- Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle (1919-2009), Sri Lankan Sinhala diplomat, Provincial Governor
- Edwin N. Hubbell (1815–1897), American politician
- Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer for whom the Hubble Telescope is named
- Edwin Jackson (baseball) (born 1983), American baseball player
- Edwin R. Keedy (1880–1958), American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869–1944), British architect
- Edwin McCain (born 1970), American musician
- Edwin Meese (born 1931), American Attorney General
- Edwin Moses (born 1955), American track and field athlete
- Edwin Mosquera (weightlifter) (1985–2017), Colombian weightlifter
- Edwin Newman (1919–2010), American newscaster and journalist
- Edwin Olivarez (born 1963), Filipino politician
- Edwin Orozco (born 1982), Colombian road cyclist
- Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920), British architect
- Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588), Archbishop of York
- Edwin Spanier (1921–1996), American mathematician
- Edwin Starr (1942–2003), American soul music singer
- Edwin Thomas, multiple people
- Edwin Tsitsi (1925–1997), Nauruan politician
- Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), Dutch football player
- Edwin Vurens (born 1968), Dutch football player
- Edwin Walker, multiple people
- Edwin Wijeyeratne (1889–1968), Sri Lankan cabinet minister
- Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1879–1964), American mathematician
Fictional people
- Edwin Jarvis, Marvel Comics supporting character
- Aun (known as Edwin the Old in English), mythical Swedish king
- Edwin Drood, main character in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, final unfinished novel of Charles Dickens
- Edwin, a puppet character who lives in Storybook Land in Pajanimals
- Deputy Edwin Durland, a character in Gravity Falls
Other
- Eadwine Psalter illuminated manuscript
See also
References
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