Alwyn

Where Alwyn comes from

The dictionaries list Alwyn as a given name — a male given name from Old English, of rare usage, variant of Alwin — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Old English
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #1,945 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Peak, #1,648
    21 babies named Alwyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1924
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,260.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English, of rare usage, variant of Alwin.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.