Godwin
Sign in to saveGodwin is an English-language given name and surname with Anglo-Saxon origins. It means ''God's friend'' and is thus equivalent to Theophilus, Jedediah, Amadeus and Reuel. However, the word "Godwin" can also mean "helper of mankind"
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Godwin is an English-language given name and surname with Anglo-Saxon origins. It means ''God's friend and is thus equivalent to Theophilus, Jedediah, Amadeus and Reuel. However, the word "Godwin" can also mean "helper of mankind"
==Surname or only known name== ===House of Godwin=== Ancestry of the Godwins Godwin, Earl of Wessex (died 1053), earl in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great Harold Godwinson Edmund, son of Harold Godwinson Godwin, son of Harold Godwinson Harold, son of Harold Godwinson Magnus, son of Harold Godwinson Ulf, son of Harold Godwinson Gyrth Godwinson Sweyn Godwinson Tostig Godwinson Leofwine Godwinson Wulfnoth Godwinson