Godwin Forename
Approximately 539,119 people bear this name
Godwin Forename Definition:
[Godwin, Goodwin, Godwin, Godden, Goodden, Godding, Godin, Goding, Goduin, Goduine, Godeuuin] (m.) Old English Godwine, compound of God and wine ‘friend’; one of the commonest of Old English names. It survived the Conquest and its popularity is attested by the number of surnames formed from it, e.
Read More About This ForenameGodwin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 379,522 | 1:468 | 66 |
| Ghana | 99% | 54,051 | 1:499 | 117 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 32,536 | 1:1,622 | 329 |
| Uganda | 98% | 17,550 | 1:2,334 | 336 |
| Kenya | 100% | 11,645 | 1:3,977 | 668 |
| Zambia | - | 11,301 | 1:1,403 | 288 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 6,073 | 1:2,540 | 454 |
| Malawi | 99% | 4,357 | 1:3,928 | 623 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,972 | 1:7,271 | 981 |
| United States | 100% | 2,309 | 1:157,010 | 6,080 |
| India | 100% | 2,027 | 1:599,348 | 45,751 |
| Togo | - | 1,978 | 1:3,660 | 606 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,679 | 1:32,479 | 3,862 |
| England | 100% | 1,373 | 1:40,497 | 2,056 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Philippines | 98% | 857 | 1:123,698 | 6,470 |
| Malta | - | 614 | 1:699 | 161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 396 | 1:20,587 | 2,055 |
| Poland | - | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Canada | 100% | 321 | 1:103,219 | 5,188 |
| Botswana | 100% | 311 | 1:7,024 | 1,107 |
| Egypt | - | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 242 | 1:29,554 | 2,882 |
| Liberia | 100% | 204 | 1:21,628 | 1,474 |
| Belize | 100% | 166 | 1:2,134 | 485 |
| Australia | - | 150 | 1:91,051 | 3,410 |
| Germany | 100% | 140 | 1:690,556 | 6,359 |
| Benin | 100% | 118 | 1:89,626 | 5,768 |
| Grenada | 100% | 118 | 1:916 | 173 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 110 | 1:12,377 | 1,743 |
| Kuwait | - | 104 | 1:36,397 | 3,425 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 89 | 1:6,528 | 736 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 75 | 1:1,488 | 273 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 73 | 1:417,122 | 19,251 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 71 | 1:238,058 | 8,293 |
| Indonesia | - | 68 | 1:3,793,583 | 163,000 |
| Guyana | 100% | 67 | 1:11,392 | 1,680 |
| Hong Kong | - | 60 | 1:129,212 | 2,970 |
| Spain | 100% | 58 | 1:802,241 | 7,895 |
| DR Congo | 71% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| China | - | 47 | 1:29,065,017 | 60,971 |
| Brazil | 100% | 40 | 1:5,355,904 | 81,852 |
| Jamaica | - | 40 | 1:72,081 | 3,530 |
| Peru | 100% | 39 | 1:815,165 | 11,913 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 36 | 1:4,939 | 825 |
| Belgium | 100% | 32 | 1:359,064 | 6,694 |
| Ireland | 100% | 31 | 1:149,791 | 3,159 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| France | 100% | 27 | 1:2,461,864 | 13,275 |
| Thailand | 100% | 26 | 1:2,694,839 | 66,052 |
| Barbados | - | 23 | 1:12,600 | 1,209 |
| Namibia | - | 23 | 1:104,530 | 4,709 |
| Scotland | 100% | 22 | 1:243,198 | 4,001 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 22 | 1:373,341 | 6,715 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Singapore | 100% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Italy | 93% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Russia | 100% | 15 | 1:9,615,580 | 37,191 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Mexico | 100% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| Sweden | 100% | 12 | 1:821,492 | 17,584 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Argentina | 60% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Finland | 50% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Greece | - | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Israel | - | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Godwin (294,368) may also be a surname.
Godwin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
[Godwin, Goodwin, Godwin, Godden, Goodden, Godding, Godin, Goding, Goduin, Goduine, Godeuuin] (m.) Old English Godwine, compound of God and wine ‘friend’; one of the commonest of Old English names. It survived the Conquest and its popularity is attested by the number of surnames formed from it, e.g. Goodwin, Godwin, Godden, Goodden, Godding, Godin, Goding, &c. (the last five being from the Anglo-French form Godin).
Goduin, Goduine, Godeuuin Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1187-1220. Godin Hundred Rolls 1273. Godun Hundred Rolls 1273. Gaudinus Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C, Placita de Quo Warranto 1347.
[Godwin, Goodwin, Godwin, Godden, Goodden, Godding, Godin, Goding, Goduin, Goduine, Godeuuin] (m.) Old English Godwine, compound of God and wine ‘friend’; one of the commonest of Old English names. It survived the Conquest and its popularity is attested by the number of surnames formed from it, e.g. Goodwin, Godwin, Godden, Goodden, Godding, Godin, Goding, &c. (the last five being from the Anglo-French form Godin).
Goduin, Goduine, Godeuuin Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1187-1220. Godin Hundred Rolls 1273. Godun Hundred Rolls 1273. Gaudinus Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C, Placita de Quo Warranto 1347.
Lye says this name may mean ‘illustrious in war, or beloved by God.’ I render it ‘friend of God, i. e. Theophilus.’
A Teutonic name, meaning: Divine friend. (Anglo-saxon) Brave in war.
Godwin Forename Popularity
Godwin Demographics
Average Male Godwin Height
173.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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