Names like Edwin
Edwin is a two-syllable English name that ends in -in. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Edwin.
Elwin English · from Old English aelf and wine, elf friend, a variant of Alvin; related Aethelwine forms give the reading noble friend
Jaylin English · modern coinage combining Jay with the -lin suffix
Westin English · variant of Weston, English for 'west settlement'
Gatlin English · English surname of uncertain origin, used as a first name
The same roots
Also English names, from the tradition Edwin comes from.
Franklin English · "free landholder"
Payton English · "Paega's town," an Old English place name that spent centuries as a surname; the A-spelling of Peyton, unisex like its twin and slightly the rarer of the pair. Two spellings, one easygoing sound
Tarquin English · from the legendary Etruscan kings of ancient Rome
Warren English · surname, "gamekeeper, park keeper"
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2000s, the same decade as Edwin, on a similar curve.
Corwin English · an English surname of disputed origin, most plausibly cordwainer, a leatherworker; heart's friend is a popular but unsupported gloss
Edson English · son of Ede (English surname); famously borne by Pelé, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento and named after Thomas Edison; a Brazilian classic of the 1950s through 70s
Denton English · an English place name and surname from Old English denu and tun, valley settlement
Edgar English · Old English, "wealthy spear"
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