Goswin
m.
Tribal name Gaut 'Geat, Goth' + Old High German wini 'friend'.
The name of a 12th C French saint.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Gossuini (gen) JeanIII p. 23
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1404 Gosswyn BbRT p. 344;
1421 Gosswyn ibid. p. 349;
1435 Goswyn ibid. p. 358;
1436 Goswin ibid. p. 358
- France
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- Latin
- ● c1170 Gossuini (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIV;
1378 Gossuini (gen) hanquetvol1 1890
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1134 Gosswinus (nom) quix-vol1 97;
1136 Gosuinus (nom) ibid. 98;
1151 Gozwin (nom) mairhofer XL,
Gozwini (gen) ibid. XL;
1212 Gozuino (abl) quix-vol2 125;
1216 Gozwinus (nom) hennes-vol1 22;
1223 Goswinus (nom) quix-vol2 136;
1401 goswino (dat) HD1401 no. 332
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Goswin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Goswin.