# Edwin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/edwin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛdwɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 248,744 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 247,553 / 1,191 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,996, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 19 | 5,112 |
| 1993 | 20 | 4,874 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,316 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,848 |
| 1996 | 13 | 6,843 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,065 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,161 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,028 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,056 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,469 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,620 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9,436 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,249 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,007 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,317 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,524 | 235 |
| 2012 | 1,308 | 270 |
| 2013 | 1,235 | 282 |
| 2014 | 1,189 | 298 |
| 2015 | 1,149 | 312 |
| 2016 | 1,105 | 317 |
| 2017 | 1,034 | 332 |
| 2018 | 1,005 | 333 |
| 2019 | 962 | 348 |
| 2020 | 931 | 344 |
| 2021 | 921 | 353 |
| 2022 | 917 | 359 |
| 2023 | 831 | 384 |
| 2024 | 852 | 382 |
| 2025 | 798 | 398 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 455 |
| 2012 | 86 | 460 |
| 2013 | 83 | 464 |
| 2014 | 85 | 463 |
| 2015 | 89 | 456 |
| 2016 | 82 | 493 |
| 2017 | 84 | 483 |
| 2018 | 66 | 564 |
| 2019 | 79 | 493 |
| 2020 | 88 | 453 |
| 2021 | 74 | 526 |
| 2022 | 88 | 461 |
| 2023 | 85 | 472 |
| 2024 | 93 | 434 |
| 2025 | 98 | 412 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 埃德溫 /埃德温
- Danish: Edvin
- Esperanto: Edvino
- Georgian: ედვინი
- German: Otwin
- Icelandic: Auðunn
- Japanese: エドウイン
- Latvian: Edvīns
- Norwegian: Edvin, Audun
- Polish: Edwin
- Spanish: Edvino
- Swedish: Edvin
- Turkish: Edvin

## People named Edwin

- Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (1889–1953)
- Edwin van der Sar, Dutch association football player (born 1970)
- Edwin McMillan, American physicist (1907-1991)
- Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist (1918–2009)
- Edwin Howard Armstrong, American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954)
- Edwin Moses, American track and field athlete
- Edwin Lutyens, British architect (1869–1944)
- Frederic Edwin Church, American landscape painter (1826–1900)
- Edwin Austin Abbey, American illustrator and painter (1852-1911)
- Edwin Abbott Abbott, British theologian and author (1838-1926)
- Edwin Ifeanyi, Cameroonian association football player
- Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (1832–1904)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.