as a Last Name
- 1,712
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Darwin
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. from the Old English personal name Dēorwine, composed of the elements dēor ‘dear’ + wine ‘friend’. This name is attested in the 10th century, but it was not common; nevertheless it may have survived long enough to become a Middle English personal name and so given rise to the surname. 2. habitational name from Darwen in Lancashire, named from the Darwin river (earlier Derwent) on which it stands. This seems to be a British name derived from a word meaning ‘oak’.
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,712
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Darwin per capita
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