Message: "info on Aylwyn?" - Behind the Name

info on Aylwyn?

by Lilya

7/18/2007, 1:56 PM

I've found Aylwyn [pron. 'eilwin] at the end of my old English dictionary, in list of given names.
It doesn't specify a gender, but sounds feminine to me - keyword, sound.
Can anyone tell me about its meaning and origins?

Reach for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

7/18/2007, 3:36 PM

Actually this was probably male. I would assume it is an alternative spelling for Aylwin or Ailwyn, which according to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames go back to the Old English given name Aethelwine, "noble friend".

- Lilya

7/19/2007, 5:24 AM

thank you :-)

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