Baldwin

Where Baldwin comes from

From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Baldwin
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1058
    Baldwin I of Jerusalem born
    King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118
  2. 1161
    Baldwin IV of Jerusalem born
    King of Jerusalem (1161-1185) (r. 1174-1185)
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #909 among boys with 5 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages; rather rare in English.
  • Baldwin IV, king of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1187. Also known as the leper king.
Namesakes
  • Baldwin IV of Jerusalem · King of Jerusalem (1161-1185) (r. 1174-1185), 1161–1185
  • Baldwin I of Jerusalem · King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118, 1058–1118
  • Baldwin II of Jerusalem · Count of Edessa (r. 1100-1118) and King of Jerusalem (r. 1118–1131), 1060–1131
  • Baldwin I of Constantinople · Latin Emperor of Constantinople, 1172–1205
  • Baldwin III of Jerusalem · King of Jerusalem (1130-1163) (r. 1143-1163), 1130–1163

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.