Given name
Aldwin
“a wise old friend”
Aldwin is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “a wise old friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a wise old friend.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aldwin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 134 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 452 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aldwin’s family of names
In English usage, Aldwin has a related form in Aldwyn. Aldwin has a related form in Aldwyn. Aldwin has a related form in Aldwen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Aldwynvariant · English
- Aldwennevariant
- Aldwennvariant
- Aldwenvariant
- Aldwynnvariant
- Aldwinevariant
- Aldwynnevariant
- Aldwinnevariant
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People named Aldwin
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