Ortwin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from *ort- 'point, spear point' + *winiz- 'friend'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɔɐtvɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ortwin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 309K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 1.1M
- CZCzechia1 in 1.8M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 3 (measured from records)
- 1 in 309K (inferred from the name graph)
56 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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 *ort- 'point, spear point' + *winiz- 'friend'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ortwin 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 56 | 1 in 309K | 56 | — | 1 |
| PL Poland | 10 | 1 in 3.8M | 10 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 9 | 1 in 1.1M | 9 | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | 6 | 1 in 1.8M | 6 | — | — |
| HR Croatia | — | — | — | Ortwin | 3 |
56 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ortwin Gratiusb. 1475DEGerman humanist and theologian
- Carl Sauerb. 1889USnot in their usual nameAmerican geographer (1889-1975)
- Ortwin Speerb. 1938DEGerman actor and voice actor (1938–1995)
- Ortwin Czarnowskib. 1940DEcyclist
- Ortwin Lowackb. 1942DEGerman politician
- Ortwin Rundeb. 1944DEGerman politician
- Ortwin Freyermuthb. 1958USAmerican lawyer and film producer
- Ortwin Hessb. 1966GBGerman theoretical condensed matter physicist
- Ortwin De Wolfb. 1997BEBelgian association football player
- Ortwin Rodewaldb. 2000DEGerman rower
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 15 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 56 | #6,232 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 32 | #15,109 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 10 | #9,703 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 10 | #10,786 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 9 | #37,129 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 6 | #8,943 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Ortwin mean, and where does it come from?
- from *ort- 'point, spear point' + *winiz- 'friend' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Ortwin?
- A machine transcription gives /ɔɐtvɪn/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Ortwin a male or female name?
- Ortwin 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 Ortwin have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 56 people named Ortwin, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Ortwin most common?
- Ortwin is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 309 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Ortwin?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 56 people named Ortwin, about 1 in 309 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Ortwin?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ortwinThe 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, “Ortwin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.