57%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Means "friend of god", derived from Old English god combined with wine "friend". This was the name of the powerful 11th-century Earl of Wessex, the father of King Harold II of England. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsgod + wineOther Languages & CulturesGuðni(Icelandic) Guðini(Old Norse) People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange complex serious Categories friendship, God, leaders, nobles, theophoric names Sources & References Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
