Aldwin Forename

50,767th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 13,187 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Aldwin Forename Definition:

A male name. Old English Ealdwine, compound of eald ‘old’, ‘great’ and wine ‘friend’, it survived the Conquest and was not uncommon in the Middle Ages in the form Aldwin, Aldin; cf. the surnames Aldin, Alden, &c.

Elduin, Alduin Domesday Book 1086.

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Aldwin Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
100%
10,4821:10,1131,366
Saudi Arabia-1,3401:22,9943,005
United States
100%
4121:879,94419,236
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2201:6,1881,028
Netherlands
100%
1831:92,3614,947
Indonesia-871:2,965,100136,611
Bahrain-591:22,8593,234
Canada
100%
561:591,66714,603
Singapore
100%
301:209,5688,585
Taiwan
100%
261:914,21936,896
England
63%
 
261:2,138,57426,646
New Zealand-251:181,4426,350
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
Mexico
100%
151:8,276,29527,186
Jamaica-151:192,2156,523
South Africa
100%
141:3,895,18990,619
Aruba-131:7,9831,397
Malaysia
100%
131:2,342,30365,302
Australia-111:1,241,60213,569
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
Guam-101:16,0651,791
Malawi
100%
91:1,901,3689,999
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Venezuela
100%
81:3,775,23755,178
Belgium
100%
81:1,436,25515,198
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Colombia-61:7,963,15436,949
Grenada
100%
61:18,0211,808
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
Puerto Rico-51:710,0604,535
Guyana-41:190,81611,826
Haiti-41:2,681,73823,796
Sweden
100%
41:2,464,47734,955
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Italy
100%
31:20,354,03045,650
Germany
100%
31:32,225,95964,270
Brunei-31:139,8572,352
Belize
100%
21:177,1545,935
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
21:55,7904,636
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513

The alternate forms: Àldwin (1) are calculated separately.

Aldwin (107) may also be a surname.

Aldwin Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old English Ealdwine, compound of eald ‘old’, ‘great’ and wine ‘friend’, it survived the Conquest and was not uncommon in the Middle Ages in the form Aldwin, Aldin; cf. the surnames Aldin, Alden, &c.

Elduin, Alduin Domesday Book 1086. Aldeyn, Aldun, Aldyne Hundred Rolls 1273. Audoenus Exchequer Rolls 1306.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A Teutonic name, meaning: Old friend.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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