Alwine
Alwine is a feminine given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The feminine form of Alwin, which in turn comes from the Germanic name Alboin ( albi → Alp, Elfe and win → Freund).
Other derivation: Alwin as short form of Adelwin / Adalwin. Old High German "adal" = noble, elegant / "wini" = friend.
name day
December 16 (see Adelheid)
Well-known namesake
- Alwine Hinrichsen (1848–1910), German writer with the pseudonym Ina Rex
- Alwine von Keller (1878–1965), German educator and psychoanalyst
- Alwine Schroedter (1820–1892), German illustrator and painter
- Alwine Wellmann (1891–1966), German politician (SPD)
- Alwine Wuthenow (1820–1908), German poet with the pseudonym Annmariek Schulten
Middle name:
- Helga Alwine "Alwy" Becker (* 1937), German actress
- Meta Henriette Maria Alwine Diestel (1877–1968), German oratorio and cantata singer
- Irene Alwine Möllenbeck (* 1950), German politician and member of the state parliament
- Marie Alwine Ottilie Raschke (1850–1935), German lawyer and representative of the German women's movement
- Rosemarie Alwine Anneliese Springer (1920–2019), German dressage rider and wife of the publisher Axel Springer
variants
Albine, Alvi, Alvy, Alwy, Elwine, Alvine, Alvina