Goodwin Forename

88,714th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,681 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Goodwin 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.

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Goodwin Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi
100%
1,9251:8,8901,035
Zambia-1,0531:15,0571,445
South Africa
100%
5271:103,4788,296
United States
100%
5081:713,65516,745
China-4481:3,049,23247,662
Zimbabwe
98%
 
3171:48,6564,246
Nigeria
100%
2991:593,86117,653
Singapore-1731:36,3415,952
India
95%
 
791:15,378,202397,997
Papua New Guinea
78%
 
601:135,87212,010
Philippines
98%
 
561:1,893,02642,793
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
England
80%
 
231:2,417,51828,771
Botswana
100%
211:104,0218,595
Jamaica-181:160,1795,771
Russia
100%
121:12,019,47542,911
Uganda
83%
 
111:3,723,35637,848
Australia-101:1,365,76214,367
Canada
100%
101:3,313,33741,238
Indonesia-91:28,662,630639,955
Hong Kong-91:861,4145,456
Kenya-91:5,145,23427,509
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Peru
100%
71:4,541,63634,195
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Marshall Islands
100%
31:17,0772,297
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Taiwan
100%
21:11,884,841132,786
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Scotland
100%
11:5,350,36624,769
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Netherlands
50%
 
11:16,902,08343,152
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Equatorial Guinea
100%
11:1,137,6891,044
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289

Goodwin (151,126) may also be a surname.

Goodwin 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.

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

A Teutonic name, meaning: Good friend.

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

Goodwin Forename Popularity

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Ngodwin861/
Godwn8383/
Godwinne8012/
Godwhinn803/
Godwinnn802/
Goodwyne802/
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Godwen7789/
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Gotwin7730/
Goidwn779/
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Godwyne719/
Goodben719/
Ghadwin715/
Godwynn714/
Ngadwin714/
Godwene714/
Godwenn712/
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Gudwina712/
Gadhwin712/
Gaudwin712/
Ghoduin711/
Gadwien711/
Goddwen711/
Gudwind711/
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Godwayne676/
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Gdwno671/
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Ghodwyne671/

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