62%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From the Old German elements adal "noble" and wini "friend" (a cognate of Æðelwine). Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsadal + winiVariantAlwinOther Languages & CulturesÆðelwine, Æthelwine(Anglo-Saxon) Alwin(Dutch) Alvin, Elvin(English) Alwin(German) Categories friendship, medieval, nobility, rare German Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 181.
