Comments for the name Edwin

This is Stephen King's middle name.

Edwin Hodge is the name of an up-n-coming actor.

Edwin and Edvin are used in Sweden too. They are both pronounced as Edvin in Swedish. [noted -ed]

Win Butler, one of the founding members of Arcade Fire and husband of Bandmate Regine Chassagne, was born Edwin Farnham Butler.

Edwin is a character played by Trent Ford in the teen comedy "She Gets What She Wants", also starring Piper Perabo.

A famous bearer is American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935). He won 3 Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, for his works "Collected Poems" in 1922, "The Man Who Died Twice" in 1925, and "Tristram" in 1928.

Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. He profoundly changed astronomers' understanding of the nature of the universe by demonstrating the existence of other galaxies besides the Milky Way. He also discovered that the degree of redshift observed in light coming from a galaxy increased in proportion to the distance of that galaxy from the Milky Way. This became known as Hubble's law, and would help establish that the universe is expanding.

They also named the now famous orbital telescope after him. :)

A famous bearer is Edvin Laine, a Finnish director who directed the movie "Tuntematon Sotilas" ("The Unknown Soldier") (1955 version).

The name Edwin is also frequently used in The Netherlands, and its pronunciation is the same as it is in English (ED-win). A well-known Dutch bearer of this name is the radio DJ Edwin Evers. [noted -ed]

Edwin Austin Abbey (1825-1911) was an American painter, etcher and book illustrator.

My little brother has a friend named Edwin, I think it's adorable!

Rich friend, not a bad meaning!

Used in Italy too (although it is really rare!!)