Edwin

English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdwɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛdwɪn

Proper noun

Edwin (countable and uncountable, plural Edwins)

1. A male given name from Old English.
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     Aside from a ticket for driving without a license, for which he paid a fine, Walter Valladares had no criminal record, his brother Edwin Valladares told CNN.

2. Edwin of Northumbria.
3. A surname.
4. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Alabama, United States.

Related terms

• Alvin
• Alwin
• Baldwin
• Darwin
• Edgar
• Edith
• Edmund
• Edrick
• Edward
• Edwina
• Godwin
• Goldwyn
• Irwin
• Lewin
• Oswin

Descendants

• → Danish: Edvin
• → Latvian: Edvīns
• → Norwegian Bokmål: Edvin
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Edvin
• → Polish: Edwin
• → Swedish: Edvin

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃德溫 / 埃德温 (Āidéwēn)

• Danish: Edvin c
• Esperanto: Edvino
• Faroese: Eyðun m
• Georgian: ედვინი (edvini)
• German: Otwin m
• Icelandic: Auðunn (is) m
• Japanese: エドウイン (Edouin)
• Latvian: Edvīns m
• Marathi: एडविन m (eḍvin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Edvin m, Audun (no) m

  Nynorsk: Edvin m, Audun m

• Polish: Edwin (pl) m
• Spanish: Edvino m
• Swedish: Edvin (sv) c
• Turkish: Edvin (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ادوین

Anagrams

• Wedin, Wendi, Widen, dwine, indew, widen, winde, wined

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edwin.

Proper noun

Edwin

1. a male given name from English

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Edwin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dvin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛdvin
• Syllabification: E‧dwin

Proper noun

Edwin m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Edwin

	singular	plural
nominative	Edwin	Edwinowie, Edwiny1
genitive	Edwina	Edwinów
dative	Edwinowi	Edwinom
accusative	Edwina	Edwinów
instrumental	Edwinem	Edwinami
locative	Edwinie	Edwinach
vocative	Edwinie	Edwinowie

¹Deprecative.

Further reading

• “Edwin”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Edwin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈedwin/ [ˈe.ð̞wĩn]
• Rhymes: -edwin
• Syllabification: Ed‧win

Proper noun

Edwin m

1. a male given name from English