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Gender Masculine
Other Forms FormsIwi, Iwig, Iwigius, Ivi
Meaning & History
Perhaps from the Old English elements íw "yew tree" (see īwaz) and wig "war". Ywi (or Iwig) was an Anglo-Saxon saint venerated in the English county of Wiltshire in the Middle Ages, where his relics were enshrined (at the county town, Wilton, near Salisbury). According to legends, he was a Benedictine monk of Lindisfarne Abbey in the Kingdom of Northumbria, and was ordained a deacon by Saint Cuthbert. He died a hermit in Brittany.