Erwin
English
Proper noun
Erwin
- A male given name, a rare variant of Irwin.
- A surname.
- an unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana, USA.
- a town in Steuben County, New York, USA.
- a town in Harnett County, North Carolina, USA.
- a small town in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA.
- a town in and the county seat of Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA. From a misspelling of Ervin by the Post Office.
German
Etymology
Old High German heri (“army”) + wini (“friend”). Taken to regular use from the play Erwin und Elmire (1775) by Goethe
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