The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from (wealth, good fortune) and (friend). Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England. Edwina is the feminine form of the name.

Notable people and characters with the name include:

Historical figures

• Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint

• Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933)

• Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), Ealdorman of Sussex

• Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon

• Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II)

• Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588), Archbishop of York

Modern era

• E. W. Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician

• Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest

• Edwin Ariyadasa (1922–2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist

• Edwin Arrieta Arteaga (died 2023), Colombian murder victim

• Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), British artist

• Edwin Eugene Aldrin (born 1930), birth name of Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut

• Edwin Anderson, several people

• Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), American inventor

• Edwin Bailey (politician) (1836–1908), English-American businessman and politician

• Edwin Batdorf (1853–1927), American colonel

• Edwin L. Bauer (1905–), American tropical modernist architect in Hawai'i

• Edwin Bennett (potter) (1818–1908), English American pioneer of the pottery industry and art in the United States

• Edwin Bennett (cricketer) (1893–1929), English cricketer

• Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887–1958), English writer, poet, Germanist and academic

• Edwin Biedermann (1877–1929), British real tennis player

• Edwin Birdsong (1941–2019), American keyboardist and organist

• Edwin Booth (1833–1893), American Shakespearean actor

• Edwin H. Brainard (1882–1957), American Marine aviation pioneer

• Edwin Bramall (1923–2019), Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces

• Edwin Cardona (born 1992), Colombian professional footballer

• Edwin Cassiani (born 1972), Colombian boxer

• Edwin Catmull (born 1945), American computer scientist, animator, and co-founder of Pixar

• Edwin Centeno (1981–2010), Peruvian race walker

• Edwin Cerrillo (born 2000), American professional soccer player

• Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890), British social reformer

• Edwin Cheney (1869—1942), American electrical engineer

• Edwin Clarke (1919–1996), British neurologist and medical historian

• Edwin Cole, multiple people

• Edwin Corley (1931–1981), American novelist

• Edwin L. Cox, American oilman and philanthropist from Dallas, Texas

• Edwin M. Cronk (1918–2020), American diplomat

• Edwin Davies (1946–2018), British businessman and philanthropist

• Edwin Denby (1903–1983), American poet, novelist, dance critic

• Edwin Denby (1870–1929), American lawyer and politician

• Edwin Díaz (born 1994), Puerto Rican professional baseball player

• Edwin Edwards, multiple people

• Edwin L. Elwood (1847–1907), American soldier

• Edwin Encarnación (born 1983), Dominican baseball player

• Edwin Engelhart (born 1976), Dutch basketball player

• Edwin Escobar (born 1992), Venezuelan baseball player

• Edwin L. Felter (1917–2004), justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court

• Edwin Feulner (1941–2025), American political scientist

• Edwin Henry Fitler (1825–1896), American businessman and politician

• Edwin E. Floyd (1924–1990), American mathematician

• Edwin M. Gardner (1845–1935), American painter

• Edwin Ghazal, also known as Edwin (musician), Canadian musician

• Edwin Goedhart (born 1962), American politician

• Edwin Norman Hartshorn (1835–1901), American politician and educator

• Edwin Haslam (1932–2013), British physical organic chemist

• Edwin Hawkins (1943–2018), American musician and singer

• E. L. B. Hurulle (1919–2009), Sri Lankan Sinhala diplomat, provincial governor

• Edwin N. Hubbell (1815–1897), American politician

• Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer

• Edwin Jackson (baseball) (born 1983), American baseball player

• Edwin Joseph (born 2005), American football player

• Edwin R. Keedy (1880–1958), American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School

• Edwin Lefèvre (1871–1943), American journalist, writer, and diplomat

• Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), British architect

• Edwin H. May Jr. (1924–2002), American politician

• Edwin C. May, American parapsychologist

• Edwin May (1823–1880), American architect in Indiana

• Edwin McCain (born 1970), American musician

• Edwin McMillan (1907-1991), American chemist and Nobel Prize winner

• Edwin Meese (born 1931), American attorney general

• Edwin Moses (born 1955), American hurdler

• Edwin Mosquera (footballer) (born 2001), Colombian footballer

• Edwin Mosquera (weightlifter) (1985–2017), Colombian weightlifter

• Edwin Newman (1919–2010), American newscaster and journalist

• Edwin Olivarez (born 1963), Filipino politician

• Edwin Orozco (born 1982), Colombian road cyclist

• Edwin Poots (born 1965), British politician

• Edwin Portillo (born 1962), Salvadoran footballer and manager

• Edwin Quilagury (born 1977), Venezuelan football manager

• Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920), British architect

• Edwin Rist, American flautist and fly-tyer

• Edwin Schlossberg (born 1945), American designer, author, and artist

• Edwin Siu (born 1977), Hong Kong actor and singer

• Edwin Spanier (1921–1996), American mathematician

• Edwin Spillman (born 2005), Sierra Leonean-American football player

• Edwin Stanton (1814–1869), American lawyer and politician

• Edwin Starr (1942–2003), American soul music singer

• Edwin Sutherland (1883–1950), American sociologist and criminologist

• Edwin Thomas, multiple people

• Edwin Warren Toole (1893–1972), American lawyer and public official

• Edwin Torres, multiple people

• Edwin Tsai, Hong Kong former tennis player

• Edwin Tsitsi (1925–1997), Nauruan politician

• Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), Dutch football player

• Edwin Vurens (born 1968), Dutch football player

• Edwin Walker, multiple people

• Ed. Weinberger (born 1945), American screenwriter and television producer

• Edwin Wijeyeratne (1889–1968), Sri Lankan cabinet minister

• Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1879–1964), American mathematician

• Edwin (director) (born 1978), Indonesian filmmaker

Fictional and mythical characters

• Edwin Drood, main character in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens.

• Deputy Edwin Durland, in Gravity Falls, an animated television series

• Edwin Jarvis, a Marvel Comics supporting character

• Edwin Kingston, a character in the television series Matlock, played by Sam Anderson

• Edwin Murray, the maker of the Mimic in Five Nights at Freddy's, a horror video game series

• Edwin Payne, one of the Ghost detectives in Dead Boy Detectives a comic book written by Neil Gaiman also adapted as a Netflix TV series

• Aun (known as Edwin the Old in English), mythical Swedish king

• Edwin, a puppet character in Pajanimals, a children's television series

• Edwin, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road

• Edwin Odesseiron, an evil conjurer in the Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn video games

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