Edwin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Edvin in FI Finland, SE Sweden, CR Costa Rica and 3 more and Alvin in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Edwin is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.8M records spelled Edwin101 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Colombia, Ecuador

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Edwín, Ëdwïn, Edwïn, Ëdwin, E'Dwin

• a separate given name117K records spelled Edwin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ecuador, United Kingdom

  Also written Édwin, Edwín

• Indonesian given name49K records spelled Edwin6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Edwin, Ëdwin, Edwïń, Edwìn

• Polish given name29K records spelled Edwin58 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Russia, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Croatian

  Also written Эдвин, Edvin, Едвін, Едвин, Edwyn

• Finnish given name6.0K records spelled Edwin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Netherlands, Philippines

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Edwïn, Ëdwïn

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Edwin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Old English name meaning ‘rich’ or ‘blessed friend’.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In French, Old English, from ēad ‘wealth’ + wine ‘friend’

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• From an Old English personal name derived from éad ‘prosperity’, ‘riches’ + wine ‘friend’. It was borne by a 7th- * century king of Northumbria, who was converted to Christianity by St Paulinus and was killed in battle against pagan

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A male given name from Old English.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Origine germanique, de *ead* « richesse, prospérité » + *wine* « ami ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Edwin Austin Abbeyb. 1852USAmerican illustrator and painter (1852-1911)
• Edwin Lutyensb. 1869GBBritish architect (1869–1944)
• Edwin Hubbleb. 1889USAmerican astronomer (1889–1953)
• Edwin Mattison McMillanb. 1907USAmerican physicist (1907-1991)
• Edwin Landb. 1909USAmerican scientist and inventor (1909–1991)
• Buzz Aldrinb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronaut (born 1930)
• Stephen Kingb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist and writer (born 1947)
• Edwin Mosesb. 1955USAmerican track and field athlete
• Edwin van der Sarb. 1970NLDutch association football player (born 1970)
• Lonny Breauxb. 1987USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, songwriter, and rapper

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,476 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Edwin?

We estimate roughly 271 thousand people bear Edwin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Edwin have the most bearers?

We estimate about 160 thousand people bear Edwin in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled edwin.

Where is Edwin most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Edwin is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 259 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Edwin compared with other names?

In the United States, Edwin is the 286th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Edwin a male or female name?

Edwin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Edwin mean?

Recorded meaning: from OE Ēadwine ‘prosperity-friend’; first attested Edwin’ Wridel 1066 Winton (Ha)