Alwin

Alwin is a male name . The feminine form is Alwine.

Origin and meaning

It comes from the Germanic name Alboin ( albi → Alp, Elfe and wini → Freund). The origins can also be found in Old High German, Adalwin ( adal → noble and wini → friend). In English, the variant Elwin or Elvin is common.

The Longobard names Aluini, Aloin and Alemannic Aloinus already existed in the 8th century , so that one must assume that 'all-friend' is meant.

The name day is May 26th .

variants

male: Adelwin, Alboin, Alvin , Adalwin
female: Alwine , Alwina

Name bearer

First name

Alwin Aschenborn (1816–1865), German lawyer and district administrator as well as explorer and plant collector
Alwin Berger (1871–1931), German botanist
Alwin Binder (1934–2017), German Germanist and literary scholar
Alwin Brandes (1866–1949), German politician (SPD) and union leader
Alwin Brinkmann (* 1946), Lord Mayor of Emden
Alwin Brück (1931-2020), German politician (SPD)
Alwin Diemer (1920–1986), German philosopher, phenomenologist, scientific theorist and manager
Alwin Elling (1897–1973), German film director
Alwin Engelhardt (1875–1940), German executioner
Alwin Freudenberg (1873–1930), German writer and educator
Alwin Gerisch (1857–1922), SPD politician and writer
Alwin Hammers (* 1942), German professor of pastoral psychology and teaching psychotherapist
Alwin Komolong (* 1995), Papua New Guinea football player
Alwin Körsten (1856–1924), German trade unionist and social democratic politician
Alwin H. Küchler (* 1965), German cameraman
Alwin Kuhn (1902–1968), German Romance scholar and linguist
Alwin Lonke (1865–1947), German educator, historian and author
Alwin Mittasch (1869–1953), German chemist
Alwin Neuss (1879–1935), German actor and film director
Alwin Oppel (1849–1929), German economic and school geographer
Alwin Otten (* 1963), German lightweight rower
Alwin M. Pappenheimer (1908-1995), American chemist, immunologist, and bacteriologist
Alwin Renker (1931–2013), German Catholic theologian and priest
Alwin Schmundt (1853–1940), German lieutenant general
Alwin Schockemöhle (* 1937), German show jumper
Alwin Michael Schronen (* 1965), German composer, choir director and lecturer
Alwin Seifert (1890–1972), German garden architect, university lecturer, landscape designer and conservationist
Alwin Theobald (* 1968), German politician (CDU)
Alwin father (1869–1918), German track cyclist and speed skater
Alwin Wagner (* 1950), athlete, five-time German champion in discus throw
Alwin Walther (1898–1967), German mathematician, engineer and university professor
Alwin Wolz (1897–1978), last city commandant of Hamburg in 1945

family name

Karl Alwin (formerly Alwin Oskar Pinkus ; 1891–1945), German conductor
Max Alwin (1939–1995), Dutch rower

Web links

Wiktionary: Alwin - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations