Edwin

Edwin is an Old English name derived from the elements ead, meaning wealth or fortune, and wine, meaning friend, giving the overall sense of wealthy friend or prosperous companion. The name was borne by Edwin of Northumbria, a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon king who converted to Christianity and became venerated as a saint, helping to preserve the name through the medieval period. After falling out of use following the Norman Conquest, it was revived during the nineteenth-century enthusiasm for Old English names and remains in use across English-speaking and Dutch-speaking countries. Related forms include Eadwine, the older spelling, as well as the feminine Edwina.