Given name & surname · also Dutch
Boudewijn
“brave friend”
Boudewijn is a masculine given name from Middle Dutch, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Dutch.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Boudewijn comes from Middle Dutch, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Middle Dutch Baltwin, from Old Dutch Baltwini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz.
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Boudewijn’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Boudewijn has a diminutive in Boudewijntje. In Dutch usage, Boudewijn has a conventional equivalent in the English form Baldwin. In Dutch usage, Boudewijn has a conventional equivalent in the German form Balduin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Boudewijn has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BaldwinEnglish
- Baudinoequivalent
- Balduinoequivalent
- Baldovinoequivalent
- Baldvinequivalent
- Balduinusequivalent
- BaudouinFrench
- BalduinGerman
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People named Boudewijn
- Boudewijn ZendenDutch association football player (born 1976)
- Boudewijn de GrootDutch singer and songwriterborn 1944
- Boudewijn BüchDutch writer and television presenter (1948–2002)
- Boudewijn de GeerDutch footballer (1955–2024)
- Boudewijn I van Bentheim(1180-1245)1150–1245
- Boudewijn IetswaartDutch graphic designer (1936-2010)
- Boudewijn KooleDutch film directorborn 1965
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