Baldwin

English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːld.wɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːldwɪn

Proper noun

Baldwin (countable and uncountable, plural Baldwins)

1. (countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages; rather rare in English.
   1. Baldwin IV, king of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1187. Also known as the leper king.
2. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
   1. Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
3. A placename
   1. A township in Ontario, Canada.
   2. A locality in the United States:
      1. A town in Duval County, Florida.
      2. A city in Georgia.
      3. A village in Illinois.
      4. A city in Iowa.
      5. A town in Louisiana.
      6. A town in Maine.
      7. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
      8. A village, the county seat of Lake County, Michigan.
      9. An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
      10. A town and hamlet in New York.
      11. A borough of Pennsylvania.
      12. A town and village in Wisconsin.
   3. Ellipsis of Baldwin County.

Derived terms

• Baldwin County
• Baldwinian
• Baldwin's Gate

 

Translations

given name

• Armenian: Բալդուին (Balduin)

  Middle Armenian: Պաղտին (Paġtin)

• Bengali: বল্ডউইন (bolḍouin)
• Bulgarian: Балдуи́н m (Balduín)
• Catalan: Baldoví (ca) m, Balduí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鮑德溫 / 鲍德温 (Bàodéwēn)

• Dutch: Boudewijn (nl) m
• Esperanto: Baldueno
• Finnish: Baldwin (of English-speakers)
• French: Baudouin (fr) m
• Galician: Baldovino (gl) m, Balduíno (gl) m
• German: Balduin (de) m
• Greek: Βαλδουίνος m (Valdouínos)
• Italian: Baldovino (it) m
• Latin: Balduīnus m
• Portuguese: Valdivino (pt) m
• Spanish: Balduino m

Noun

Baldwin (plural Baldwins)

1. (US) A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.

See also

• Baldwyn