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Proto-Germanic roots
[ˈbɑɫdˌwi.ne] · Old English
01 / Meaning & origin
Baldwine is a masculine given name documented in Old English. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz.
From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz. Displaced by the Norman ancestor of modern English Baldwin in the late 11th century.
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BALDWINE— “prince friend”
The most general of these was, however, Baldwine, princely friend, who was very early a feudatory of the empire in Flanders, and the name continued in his family, so as to take strong hold of the population, and to spread into the adjoining lands. Baldwin was the father of William the Conqueror’s Matilda, and the one Baldwinus before the Conquest has very considerably multiplied after it, so that to us Baldwin has all the associations of a Norman name. Its European celebrity…
The most general of these was, however, Baldwine, princely friend, who was very early a feudatory of the empire in Flanders, and the name continued in his family, so as to take strong hold of the population, and to spread into the adjoining lands. Baldwin was the father of William the Conqueror’s Matilda, and the one Baldwinus before the Conquest has very considerably multiplied after it, so that to us Baldwin has all the associations of a Norman name. Its European celebrity was owing to the two knights of Lorraine and Bourg, who reigned successively at Jerusalem after the first Crusade, and left this to be considered as the appropriate Christian name in their short-lived dynasty; and again, it was borne by the unfortunate count who was thrust into the old Byzantine throne only to be demolished by the Bulgarians, or if indeed he ever returned, to be disowned as an impostor by his daughter.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section VI (Baldur and Hodur) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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