Baldwin Forename
Approximately 6,124 people bear this name
Baldwin Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Baldavin, compound of balda ‘bold’ and vini ‘friend’, and the cognate Old English Bealdwine are joint sources of this name. In Domesday Book there is mention of actual tenants of this name and also of tenants Tempore Regis Edwardi (In the Reign of Edward the Confessor).
Read More About This ForenameBaldwin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | - | 1,111 | 1:14,271 | 1,386 |
| United States | 100% | 1,091 | 1:332,298 | 10,007 |
| Philippines | 100% | 810 | 1:130,876 | 6,717 |
| South Africa | 100% | 649 | 1:84,026 | 7,251 |
| Jamaica | - | 492 | 1:5,860 | 860 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Malawi | 100% | 254 | 1:67,371 | 4,127 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| Canada | 100% | 110 | 1:301,212 | 9,684 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 104 | 1:1,707,350 | 35,848 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 96 | 1:160,665 | 10,274 |
| England | 92% | 74 | 1:751,391 | 13,878 |
| India | 100% | 73 | 1:16,642,164 | 419,050 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 59 | 1:286,476 | 9,153 |
| Chile | 55% | 45 | 1:391,271 | 5,284 |
| Indonesia | - | 38 | 1:6,788,518 | 244,640 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 37 | 1:822,971 | 30,856 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 34 | 1:888,291 | 19,863 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 31 | 1:262,978 | 21,716 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 26 | 1:2,030,320 | 22,015 |
| Belgium | 100% | 25 | 1:459,602 | 7,725 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 24 | 1:56,726 | 4,855 |
| Guyana | 100% | 22 | 1:34,694 | 3,625 |
| Mexico | 100% | 17 | 1:7,302,613 | 25,172 |
| China | - | 17 | 1:80,356,222 | 63,797 |
| Liberia | 100% | 17 | 1:259,533 | 8,550 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Kenya | - | 13 | 1:3,562,085 | 22,986 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Uganda | 100% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| Colombia | - | 12 | 1:3,981,577 | 24,591 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Brazil | - | 11 | 1:19,476,014 | 191,600 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Bahamas | - | 8 | 1:49,921 | 1,259 |
| Germany | 90% | 7 | 1:13,811,125 | 41,547 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Peru | 100% | 7 | 1:4,541,636 | 34,195 |
| Australia | - | 7 | 1:1,951,089 | 17,897 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Singapore | 100% | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Argentina | 50% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Sweden | - | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
Baldwin (152,710) may also be a surname.
Baldwin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Baldavin, compound of balda ‘bold’ and vini ‘friend’, and the cognate Old English Bealdwine are joint sources of this name. In Domesday Book there is mention of actual tenants of this name and also of tenants Tempore Regis Edwardi (In the Reign of Edward the Confessor). Baldwin was a particular favourite in Flanders, and it was probably Flemish influence which was responsible for the popularity of the name in England in the 12th and 13th C. The surnames Baldwin, Bawden, Boden, Bowden (the last three from French Baudoin), and Bodkin (from the diminutive Baudkin) are from it. Though less common in later centuries, it has never been altogether disused.
Baldewyne Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-70. Balduin, Baldewin Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1187-1219. Baldwyn, Baldewyn, Baldewyne Hundred Rolls 1273. Bauduin Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C. Bawden Cornish Registers 1550. Bodwine Clerkenwell 1694.
Rarely bald WINE. literally ‘a prince friend’ (Teutonic): for the -win, cf. Alywin. Now seldom used as a ‘Christian’, it may, thanks to Mr. Stanley Baldwin, have a recrudescence of popularity as a font-name. Moreover, it is ‘the name of four of the Christian kings of Jerusalem (and a nominal Baldwin V, an infant), including the successor of Godfrey de Bouillon, who figures in Tasso’s “Jerusalem Delivered” as one of the leaders of the Christian host, and also in Scott’s “Count Robert of Paris’” (Harvey).
The Old German name, which Wachter translates ‘powerful warrior.’
A Teutonic name, meaning: Princely friend.
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Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauldwin | 93 | 13 | / |
| Baldwine | 93 | 3 | / |
| Baldwink | 93 | 2 | / |
| Baldawin | 93 | 1 | / |
| Baldtwin | 93 | 1 | / |
| Baldwint | 93 | 1 | / |
| Baldwinn | 93 | 1 | / |
| Baldwien | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bauldwine | 88 | 1 | / |
| Boldwin | 86 | 1,103 | / |
| Balduin | 86 | 334 | / |
| Baldwen | 86 | 15 | / |
| Baldwyn | 86 | 15 | / |
| Baldbin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Baltwin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Baldwim | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bualdin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bouldwin | 80 | 6 | / |
| Boldwine | 80 | 4 | / |
| Balltwin | 80 | 1 | / |
| BauL-Din | 80 | 1 | / |
| Belldwin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baleedwn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baldween | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baldiuno | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baldiino | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boildwin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bholdwin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baldwayne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Voldwin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Boldwyn | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bolduin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Balduim | 71 | 2 | / |
| Valduin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Valdwen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balduen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boldwen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boltwin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beoldin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beljudin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bel-Dina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balhadni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wbaldena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pewaldin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buoldwen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouldwen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valtuin | 57 | 2 | / |
| Vaaltuin | 53 | 2 | / |
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