Edwyn

Edwyn is an Old English name composed of the elements ead, meaning wealth or fortune, and wine, meaning friend, giving the overall sense of wealthy friend or prosperous companion. It is an archaic spelling variant of Edwin, the name borne by the influential seventh-century Northumbrian king Edwin, whose reign marked a significant expansion of Christianity in northern England. The spelling Edwyn enjoyed occasional revival during the nineteenth-century Gothic and medievalist fashion for old English forms. Edwin, Edwynn, and the feminine Edwina are closely related forms.