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View Name: Oswin


OSWIN
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: AHZ-win   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Old English elements os "god" and wine "friend". Saint Oswin was a 7th-century king of Northumbria. After the Norman conquest this name was used less, and it died out after the 14th century. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Oswine (Anglo-Saxon)
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