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Edwin
Pronounced /ˈɛdwɪn/
Rank in 2024
#382
Born in 2024
850
Peak year
1922 · #52
Origin
Old English
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 850 boys were named Edwin, about 1 in every 2,018.
- It peaked in 1922 with 3,827 babies, ranked #52.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 246,744 boys have been named Edwin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Edwin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.4Greatest1901–27
- 2.1Silent1928–45
- 1.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.8Millennials1981–96
- 1.0Gen Z1997–12
- 0.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 56,500 babies, 3.38 per 1,000. Silent: 43,284 babies, 2.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 47,718 babies, 1.27 per 1,000. Gen X: 23,559 babies, 0.87 per 1,000. Millennials: 25,095 babies, 0.82 per 1,000. Gen Z: 31,596 babies, 1.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12,126 babies, 0.56 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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.
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- /ˈɛdwɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Edwin, CC BY-SA 4.0.