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Edwing

Boy · ED-wing · Old English

Edwing is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “prosperous friend”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Edwing mean?

Old English: variant spelling of Edwin, from Old English Eadwine

“prosperous friend”

A variant of Edwin; Edwin was a seventh-century king of Northumbria.

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ED-wing

Is Edwing a girl's or a boy's name?

Edwing is a boys' name.

How popular is Edwing in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.

Half of all the boys named Edwing in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1984Busiest: 12 in 20052022
Edwing in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20225#12,322
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20117#9,593
20100–
20090–
20086#11,030
20077#9,782
20065#12,048
200512#6,220
20049#7,530
20039#7,238
20028#7,636
200110#6,438
20008#7,409
19996#8,697
19986#8,472
19976#8,104
19969#5,975
19957#6,985
19948#6,366
19935#8,693
199211#4,864
19915#8,228
19900–
19890–
19880–
19877#5,453
19860–
19850–
19846#5,557

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