as a First Name
From an Old English personal name derived from ēad ‘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 forces, a combination of circumstances which led to his being venerated as a martyr. The name occurs occasionally from the mid 16th century, but in modern use it is largely the result of a 19th-century revival.
| 352nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 167,334
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 219,105
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Edwin per capita
- 1915
- marked the height of its popularity
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