Baldwin Family History. Baldwin Name Meaning. English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements bald 'bold', 'brave' + wine 'friend', which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages.
Dutch and German: from the Germanic personal name Baldo, or a short form of the various compound names such as Baldwin, formed with the first element bald 'bold', 'strong'. Scottish: nickname for a bald man, from Middle English balled 'rounded like a ball', from bal(le) 'ball' (Old English ball or Old Norse b{o,}llr).
Baldwin Name Meaning. English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements bald 'bold', 'brave' + wine 'friend', which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages.
Baldwin or Balduin is an Old German surname. It may derive from Bealdwine, or the Old German equivalent Baldavin, meaning "brave, bold friend".
Baldwin Name Meaning. English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements bald 'bold', 'brave' + wine 'friend', which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages.
Baudoin Name Meaning. French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements bald 'bold', 'brave' + win 'friend' (see Baldwin).
