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Boy · Old English
Ælfwine
Say it: ALF-win-eh
Meaning
From Old English ælf 'elf' and wine 'friend'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in Domesday and survived into the Middle Ages as Alwin or Aylwin.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Alwin, Aylwin
Famous bearers
- Ælfwine, sub-king of Deira
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
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