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