Alwin

Where Alwin comes from

From Old English Æþelwine, from æþel (“noble”) + wine (“friend”); partly merged with Ælfwine (“Alvin”, literally “elf friend”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Alwin
  • Old English
Along the way
  1. 1869
    Alwin Mittasch born
    German chemist
  2. 1871
    Alwin Berger born
    German botanist
  3. 1895
    Debut at its peak, #978
    #978 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English; always rather rare in English.
Namesakes
  • Alwin Berger · German botanist, 1871–1931
  • Alwin Mittasch · German chemist, 1869–1953
  • Alwin Schockemöhle · German equestrian, born 1937
  • Alwin Neuß · German actor, 1879–1935
  • Alwin Schultz · German art historian and medievalist, 1838–1909

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.