Darwin

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Gender Masculine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈdɑɹ.wɪn/(American English) /ˈdɑː.wɪn/(British English)

Meaning & History

From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine. The surname was borne by the British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the man who first proposed the theory of natural selection and subsequently revolutionized biology.