Edwin

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Edwin

Gender: Masculine
Language: English
Etymology:
Edwin is the modern English form of Eadwine, an Old English name meaning “Rich Friend,” from “ead” (rich) and “wine” (friend).

History:
Edwin was an Anglo-Saxon name (borne by a 7th century Christian Northumbrian king). It survived the Norman Invasion and lasted until the 13th century. Edwin was revived in the 19th century.

Pronunciation: ed-winn.

Diminutives:
English: Ed, Eddie.

Alternates: Edwyn.

Feminine: Edwina.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873)
British painter.
Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904)
English poet.
Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
American poet.
Edwin Booth (1852-1911)
American-British painter.
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)
American poet.
Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944)
English architect.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890)
American physician and social reformer.
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1861-1939)
American economist.
Edwin Muir (1887-1959)
American literary critic.
Edwin O. Reischauer (1910-1990)
American historian.

Miscellaneous:
Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr. (1930-)
American astronaut.
Edwin Moses (1956-)
American Olympic athlete.
Edwin “Chapo” Rosario (1963-1997)
Puerto Rican boxer.

Political Figures:
Sir Edwin Sandys (1561-1629)
English politician.
Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809-1885)
German diplomat.
Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869)
American secretary of War.
Edwin Samuel Montagu (1879-1924)
British politician.

Royalty:
Edwin (?-632)
First Christian king of Northumbria.

Scientists:
Edwin Klebs (1834-1913)
German physician.
Edwin James Houston (1847-1914)
American electrical engineer.
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester (1847-1929)
British zoologist.
Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952)
American biologist.
Edwin B. Holt (1873-1946)
American psychologist.
Edwin Ray Guthrie (1886-1959)
American psychologist.
Edwin G. Boring (1886-1968)
American psychologist.
Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953)
American astronomer.
Edwin H. Armstrong (1890-1954)
American inventor.
Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892-1953)
American biochemist.
Edwin Herbert Land (1909-1991)
American physicist.
Edwin Gerhard Krebs (1918-)
American biochemist. Co-winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Singers and Entertainers:
Edwin Forrest (1806-1872)
American actor.
Edwin P. Christy (1815-1862)
Founder of the Christy Minstrels.
Edwin Booth (1833-1893)
American actor. Brother of John Wilkes Booth.
Edwin S. Porter (1869-1941)
American filmmaker.
Edwin Mattison McMillan (1907-1991)
American physicist. Co-winner of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.148 % named Edwin

Popularity of Edwin:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 48th most popular.
1990: 53rd most popular.
1900-1910: 55th most popular.
1910-1920: 53rd most popular.
1920-1930: 56th most popular.
1930-1940: 77th most popular.
1940-1950: 100th most popular.
1950-1960: 105th most popular.
1960-1970: 125th most popular.
1970-1980: 148th most popular.
1980-1990: 162nd most popular.
1990: 143rd most popular.
1991: 139th most popular.
1992: 156th most popular.
1993: 154th most popular.
1994: 157th most popular.
1995: 172nd most popular.
1996: 178th most popular.
1997: 180th most popular.
1998: 175th most popular.
1999: 184th most popular.
2000: 184th most popular.
2001: 172nd most popular.
2002: 166th most popular.
2003: 172nd most popular.