Edwyn

  • [ ED-win ]
  • English (Rare)
Variant of EDWIN.

EDWIN   male   English, Dutch
Means "rich friend" from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and wine "friend". This was the name of a 7th-century Northumbrian king, regarded as a saint. After the Norman conquest the name was not popular, but it was eventually revived in the 19th century. A notable bearer was the astronaut Edwin Aldrin (1930-), also known as Buzz, the second man to walk on the moon.
EQUIVALENTS
ANGLO-SAXON: Eadwine
DANISH: Edvin
DUTCH: Edwin
ENGLISH: Edwin
ESTONIAN: Edvin
FINNISH: Edvin
HUNGARIAN: Edvin
NORWEGIAN: Edvin
SWEDISH: Edvin
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Ed
ENGLISH: Ed, Eddie, Eddy
FEMININE FORMS
ENGLISH: Edweena, Edwena, Edwina, Edwyna