Oswin
Oswin (also: Oswine) is a male given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name probably comes from the Old High German Answin; Old Saxon Oswin; Old English Oswine; Germanic ans = God; Old High German wini = friend; means: the friend of God.
name day
- 20th of August
Well-known namesake
- Oswine († 651), King of Deira, saint
- Oswine († 690), King of Kent
- Oswin Haas (* 1955), German piano teacher, pianist and composer
- Oswin Hempel (1876–1965), German architect and university professor
- Oswin Köhler (1911–1996), German Africanist
- Oswin Moro (1895–1941), Austrian folklorist
- Oswin Puttrich-Reignard (1906–1942), German archaeologist
- Oswin Schlammadinger (1868–1953), Austrian clergyman and abbot of Admont
- Oswin Veith (* 1961), German politician (CDU)
- Oswin, pseudonym of the Berlin cartoonist and illustrator Oswald Meichsner (1921–1985)
Others
- OSWIN radar , is used to investigate the high atmosphere