The story
- Old English · inherited fromÆþelwine
- English todayAlwin
From Old English Æþelwine, from æþel (“noble”) + wine (“friend”); partly merged with Ælfwine (“Alvin”, literally “elf friend”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A male given name from Old English; always rather rare in English. Full definition →