Edwin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from OE Ēadwine ‘prosperity-friend’; first attested Edwin’ Wridel 1066 Winton (Ha)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛdwɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Edwin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country, where it is the 72nd most common given name.
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 325(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 329
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 442
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- #651 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 552 (measured from records)
- 1 in 259 (inferred from the name graph)
≈250,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ecuador
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Edvin in CR Costa Rica, GT Guatemala.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE Ēadwine ‘prosperity-friend’; first attested Edwin’ Wridel 1066 Winton (Ha)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Edwin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #72 | ≈250,000 est. | ≈1 in 442 | — | Edwin | 153 |
| US United States | #295 | 160,734 | 1 in 2.1K | 160K | Edwin | 552 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈97,000 est. | ≈1 in 329 | 94K | Edwin | 80 |
| NG Nigeria | #583 | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Edwin | 93 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 65,375 | 1 in 259 | 65K | Edwin | 60 |
| GT Guatemala | #143 | ≈53,000 est. | ≈1 in 325 | — | Edvin | 39 |
| CR Costa Rica | #546 | 9,712 | 1 in 525 | 9.7K | Edvin | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENIEC — DNI population names; INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Edwin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Old English name meaning ‘rich’ or ‘blessed friend’.
as a nameIrish first names
In French, Old English, from ēad ‘wealth’ + wine ‘friend’
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
From an Old English personal name derived from éad ‘prosperity’, ‘riches’ + wine ‘friend’. It was borne by a 7th- * century king of Northumbria, who was converted to Christianity by St Paulinus and was killed in battle against pagan
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A male given name from Old English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Origine germanique, de *ead* « richesse, prospérité » + *wine* « ami ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edwin Austin Abbeyb. 1852USAmerican illustrator and painter (1852-1911)
- Edwin Lutyensb. 1869GBBritish architect (1869–1944)
- Edwin Hubbleb. 1889USAmerican astronomer (1889–1953)
- Edwin Mattison McMillanb. 1907USAmerican physicist (1907-1991)
- Edwin Landb. 1909USAmerican scientist and inventor (1909–1991)
- Buzz Aldrinb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronaut (born 1930)
- Stephen Kingb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist and writer (born 1947)
- Edwin Mosesb. 1955USAmerican track and field athlete
- Edwin van der Sarb. 1970NLDutch association football player (born 1970)
- Lonny Breauxb. 1987USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, songwriter, and rapper
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 130 sources across 70 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 160K | #348 |
| PE Peru | RENIEC — DNI population names | 2019 | 94K | #22 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 65K | #26 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 9.7K | #57 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 798 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 303 | #348 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 145 | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Edwin mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE Ēadwine ‘prosperity-friend’; first attested Edwin’ Wridel 1066 Winton (Ha) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- Is Edwin a male or female name?
- Edwin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Edwin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 247 thousand people named Edwin in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edwin.
- Where is Edwin most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Edwin is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 259 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Edwin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 160,734 people named Edwin in 2020, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Edwin compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Edwin is the 72nd most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
- What are other forms of the name Edwin?
- In the etymology graph, Edvin, Edwyn and Edvinas are forms of the same name in other languages; Eddie, Ed and Eddy are recorded short or pet forms.
- How do you pronounce Edwin?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛdwɪn/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Edwin?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/edwinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Edwin” — the 72nd most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.