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Godwin
Say it: GOD-win
Meaning
From Old English god 'god' and wine 'friend'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Survived the Conquest in English use.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 513 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 82,300 boys
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Godwine
| Old English | Godwine |
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Famous bearers
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.