Baldwin

In English

Origin: From Proto-Germanic *balþaz ‎(“brave”) + *winiz ‎(“friend”).

Meaning(s):

-A borough in Pennsylvania

-A city in Georgia, USA

-A city in Iowa

-A town and a hamlet in New York

-A town and village in Wisconsin

-A town in Florida

-A town in Louisiana

-A town in Maine

-A township in Ontario, Canada

-A village in Illinois

-A village in Michigan

-King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.

-Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.

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

-( male name -comes from the Germanic language-); rather rare in English.

-(last name patronymic -comes from the language-)