Edwin

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Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Edwin canonical 58
Eadwine 1
Eddie 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
associatedWith Old English nobility
category English masculine given names
Germanic given names
component Old English "wine" meaning "friend"
Old English "ēad" meaning "wealth" or "riches"
derivedFrom Old English elements "ēad" and "wine"
etymologicalRoot "wine" (friend)
"ēad" (wealth, fortune, prosperity)
gender masculine
hasCulturalAssociation connotations of wealth and friendship
hasDiminutive Ed
Edwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eddie

Edwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ned
hasHistoricalUsage medieval England
hasLanguageOfOrigin Old English
hasNameDay varies by country
hasOrigin Old English
hasVariant Edwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eadwine

Edwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edvin
meaning prosperous friend
rich friend
popularity used internationally
usedInLanguage Dutch
English
German
Scandinavian languages
Spanish

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edwin Birdsong givenName Edwin
Cannan hasGivenName Edwin
subject surface form: Edwin Cannan
Ed Shaughnessy givenName Edwin
Edwin V. Sumner givenName Edwin
Eddie Mathews givenName Edwin
Edwin Hodge givenName Edwin
Augustus John middleName Edwin