Edwin

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Field	Value
name	Edwin
image	File:Saint King Edwin of Northumbria.jpg
feminine	Edwina
caption	Saint Edwin of Northumbria
gender	Male
meaning	rich/blessed friend
name day	Poland: 11 March,
France, Germany, United States: 12 October
region	England
related names	Audun, Edvin, Edvīns
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The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from (wealth, good fortune) and (friend). Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England. Edwina is the feminine form of the name.

Notable people and characters with the name include:

Historical figures

Edwin 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 York

Modern era

E. W. Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest
Edwin Ariyadasa (1922–2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist
Edwin Arrieta Arteaga (died 2023), Colombian murder victim
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), British artist
Edwin Eugene Aldrin (born 1930), birth name of Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut
Edwin Anderson, several people
Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), American inventor
Edwin Bailey (politician) (1836–1908), English-American businessman and politician
Edwin Batdorf (1853–1927), American colonel
Edwin L. Bauer (1905–), 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 Cardona (born 1992), Colombian professional footballer
Edwin Cassiani (born 1972), Colombian boxer
Edwin Catmull (born 1945), American computer scientist, animator, and co-founder of Pixar
Edwin Centeno (1981–2010), Peruvian race walker
Edwin Cerrillo (born 2000), American professional soccer player
Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890), British social reformer
Edwin Cheney (1869—1942), American electrical engineer
Edwin Clarke (1919–1996), British neurologist and medical historian
Edwin Cole, multiple people
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 Denby (1903–1983), American poet, novelist, dance critic
Edwin Denby (1870–1929), American lawyer and politician
Edwin Díaz (born 1994), Puerto Rican professional baseball player
Edwin Edwards, multiple people
Edwin L. Elwood (1847–1907), American soldier
Edwin Encarnación (born 1983), Dominican baseball player
Edwin Engelhart (born 1976), Dutch basketball player
Edwin Escobar (born 1992), Venezuelan baseball player
Edwin L. Felter (1917–2004), justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
Edwin Feulner (1941–2025), American political scientist
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, 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
Edwin Hawkins (1943–2018), American musician and singer
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 Joseph (born 2005), American football player
Edwin R. Keedy (1880–1958), American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Edwin Lefèvre (1871–1943), American journalist, writer, and diplomat
Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), British architect
Edwin H. May Jr. (1924–2002), American politician
Edwin C. May, American parapsychologist
Edwin May (1823–1880), American architect in Indiana
Edwin McCain (born 1970), American musician
Edwin McMillan (1907-1991), American chemist and Nobel Prize winner
Edwin Meese (born 1931), American attorney general
Edwin Moses (born 1955), American hurdler
Edwin Mosquera (footballer) (born 2001), Colombian 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 Poots (born 1965), British politician
Edwin Portillo (born 1962), Salvadoran footballer and manager
Edwin Quilagury (born 1977), Venezuelan football manager
Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920), British architect
Edwin Rist, American flautist and fly-tyer
Edwin Schlossberg (born 1945), American designer, author, and artist
Edwin Spanier (1921–1996), American mathematician
Edwin Spillman (born 2005), Sierra Leonean-American football player
Edwin Stanton (1814–1869), American lawyer and politician
Edwin Starr (1942–2003), American soul music singer
Edwin Sutherland (1883–1950), American sociologist and criminologist
Edwin Thomas, multiple people
Edwin Torres, 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, 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 filmmaker

Fictional and mythical characters

Edwin 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.
Edwin Kingston, a character in the television series Matlock, played by Sam Anderson.
Edwin Murray, the maker of the Mimic in Five Nights at Freddy's, a horror video game series.
Edwin Payne, one of the Ghost detectives in Dead Boy Detectives a comic book written by Neil Gaiman also adapted as a Netflix TV series.
Aun (known as Edwin the Old in English), mythical Swedish king.
Edwin, a puppet character in Pajanimals, a children's television series.
Edwin, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road.
Edwin Odesseiron, an evil conjurer in the Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn video games.

References

[http://www.behindthename.com/name/edwin Behind the Name]

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