Godwin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GOD-win
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Godwin is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “friend of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Godwin mean?
Old English: god 'God' + wine 'friend'
“friend of God”
Borne by Godwin, Earl of Wessex, father of King Harold II who fell at Hastings in 1066.
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Is Godwin a girl's or a boy's name?
Godwin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Godwin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Godwin, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 20 boys.
2025 had more boys named Godwin than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Godwin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Godwin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Godwin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Godwin, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Godwin in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Godwin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Godwin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kian Logan Aiden Jayden Finn Rowan Kayden Oisin Yusuf Brody Bodhi Grayson
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Godwin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/godwin, updated 20 October 2026.