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. Edwina is the feminine form of the name.
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This article is about the given name For other uses see Edwin disambiguation The name Edwin means wealth friend It comes from Old English ead wealth good fortune and Old English wine friend 1 Thus the Old English form is Eadwine a name widely attested in early medieval England Edwina is the feminine form of the name EdwinSaint Edwin of NorthumbriaGenderMaleName dayPoland 11 March France Germany United States 12 OctoberOriginMeaningrich blessed friendRegion of originEnglandOther namesRelated namesAudun Edvin Edwina Notable people and characters with the name include Contents 1 Historical figures 2 Modern era 3 Fictional and mythical characters 4 ReferencesHistorical figures editEdwin 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 Sandys bishop 1519 1588 Archbishop of YorkModern era editE W Abeygunasekera Sri Lankan Sinhala politician 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 L Bauer 1905 c 1989 American tropical modernist architect in Hawai i Edwin Bennett potter 1818 1908 English American pioneer of the pottery industry and art in the United States Edwin Bennett cricketer 1893 1929 English cricketer Edwin Keppel Bennett 1887 1958 English writer poet Germanist and academic Edwin Biedermann 1877 1929 British real tennis player Edwin Birdsong 1941 2019 American keyboardist and organist Edwin Booth 1833 1893 American Shakespearean actor 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 Encarnacion born 1983 Dominican baseball player Edwin Escobar born 1992 Venezuelan 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 Ghazal born 1968 also known as Edwin musician Canadian musician Edwin Goedhart born 1962 American politician Edwin Norman Hartshorn 1835 1901 American politician and educator Edwin Haslam 1932 2013 British physical organic chemist E L B Hurulle 1919 2009 Sri Lankan Sinhala diplomat provincial governor Edwin N Hubbell 1815 1897 American politician Edwin Hubble 1889 1953 American astronomer Edwin Jackson baseball born 1983 American baseball player Edwin R Keedy 1880 1958 American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School Edwin Lutyens 1869 1944 British architect Edwin McCain born 1970 American musician Edwin Meese born 1931 American attorney general Edwin Moses born 1955 American hurdler Edwin Mosquera footballer born 2001 Canadian footballer 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 Spanier 1921 1996 American mathematician Edwin Starr 1942 2003 American soul music singer Edwin Thomas disambiguation multiple people Edwin Tsai Hong Kong former tennis player Edwin Tsitsi 1925 1997 Nauruan politician Edwin van der Sar born 1970 Dutch football player Edwin Vurens born 1968 Dutch football player Edwin Walker disambiguation multiple people Ed Weinberger born 1945 American screenwriter and television producer Edwin Wijeyeratne 1889 1968 Sri Lankan cabinet minister Edwin Bidwell Wilson 1879 1964 American mathematician Edwin director born 1978 Indonesian filmmakerFictional and mythical characters editEdwin Drood main character in The Mystery of Edwin Drood an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens Deputy Edwin Durland in Gravity Falls an animated television series Edwin Jarvis a Marvel Comics supporting character Aun known as Edwin the Old in English mythical Swedish king Edwin a puppet character in Pajanimals a children s television seriesReferences edit Behind the Name nbsp This page or section lists people that share the same given name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edwin amp oldid 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