45%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Old Saxon name composed of the elements widu "wood" and kind "child". This was the name of an 8th-century Saxon leader who fought against the Franks, in the end unsuccessfully. Related Names Rootswidu/witu + kind Categories child meaning, leaders, nature, trees, youth Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1566.