MEANING & HISTORY
What does Edwin mean?
Edwin continues Old English Eadwine, combining ead, wealth or prosperity, with wine, friend. The second element is an old personal-name word and has no relationship here to the alcoholic drink.
Related Germanic names preserve similar elements. Wealthy friend is a conventional compact gloss; the formation itself combines two inherited ideas rather than a statement about a present-day Edwin’s finances.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Edwin.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen).
A male given name from Old English.
SpanishEtymology & source
Unadapted borrowing from English Edwin.
a male given name from English
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Edwin
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Edwin Gariguez
Filipino environmentalist
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Strike Revilla
Filipino Politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
11
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Strike Revilla, Edwin Gariguez
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Edwin in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Edwin
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Edwine·Edvine spelling variant
- Edwyn·Edwin variant: wealth and friend
- Erwin♂Army and friend
- Aldwin·Germanic old and friend formation
- Arwin·German eagle–friend formation; also an Erwin variant
- Edan·Hebrew Idan transcription: era
- Eddie♂Familiar form of Edward, Edmund or Edgar
- Eden♂♀Biblical garden name associated with delight
What rhymes with Edwin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Edwin
5 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Carlos Edwin·Carlos: Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles; Edwin: Old English wealth and friend elements
- Dennis Edwin John·Dennis, wealth-and-friend Edwin, and graciousness-name John
- Edwin Neil·Wealth-and-friend Edwin with Irish Niall-family Neil
- Edwin Roy·Wealth-and-friend Edwin with Gaelic red-name Roy
- Jose Edwin·Jose: May he add; Edwin: Wealth and friend
Explore Edwin further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q240931 — Edwin (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Strike Revilla (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q240931 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Edwin Gariguez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q240931 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edwin (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edwin (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edwin (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Edwin (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.