Baldwin is a

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are al ...

, composed of the elements ''bald'' "bold" and ''win'' "friend".

People

Baldwin (name) Baldwin is an Old Germanic and Anglo-Saxon name. It may either derive from ''Bealdwine'', or the Old German equivalent ''Baldavin'', meaning "brave, bold friend". It is found in many other modern European languages: French Baudoin, Italian Baldovi ...

Places

Canada

Baldwin, York Regional Municipality, Ontario Georgina (Canada 2016 Census population 45,418) is a town in south-central Ontario, and the northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York. The town is bounded to the north by Lake Simcoe. Although incorporated as a town, it operate ...

Baldwin, Ontario Baldwin ( 2016 population 620) is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in Sudbury District north of Espanola, the township's two main communities and population centres are McKerrow and Lorne. The junction of Ontario Highway ...

, in Sudbury District * Baldwin's Mills, Quebec

United States

Baldwin County, Alabama Baldwin County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, on the Gulf coast. It is one of only two counties in Alabama that border the Gulf of Mexico, along with Mobile County. As of the 2020 census, the populat ...

Baldwin, Florida Baldwin is a town in Duval County, Florida, United States. When the majority of communities in Duval County were consolidated with the city of Jacksonville in 1968, Baldwin, along with Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach, rema ...

Baldwin, Georgia Baldwin is a city in Banks and Habersham counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 3,279, up from 2,425 at the 2000 census. Baldwin is located on U.S. Route 441 just south of Georgia State Rout ...

Baldwin County, Georgia Baldwin County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,799. The county seat is Milledgeville, which was developed along the Oconee River. Baldwin County is part ...

Baldwin, Illinois Baldwin is a town in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. The population was 373 at the 2010 census. Baldwin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is nearby. Geography Baldwin is located at . According to the 2010 census, Baldwin has a total a ...

Baldwin, Iowa Baldwin is a city in Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 99 at the 2020 census. History Baldwin was originally called Fremont. The present name is for Edward Baldwin, the original owner of the town site. In 1910, Baldwin con ...

Baldwin, Louisiana Baldwin is a town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,436 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 2,497 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Morgan City, ...

Baldwin, Maine Baldwin is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,520 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, metropolitan statistical area. History First called Flintstown P ...

Baldwin, Maryland Baldwin is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The USPS has assigned Baldwin the ZIP Code 21013. Until 1958, this community was served by the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad at milepost 18.4. Hidden Valley ...

Baldwin, Michigan Baldwin is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 863 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lake County. The village is located on the boundary between Webber Township on the north and Pleasant Plains Township o ...

Baldwyn, Mississippi Baldwyn is a city located in Lee and Prentiss counties, Mississippi, located in the northern part of the Tupelo micropolitan area. The population was 3,071 at the 2020 census. History Located five miles north of Guntown, the main street of ...

Baldwin, Chemung County, New York Baldwin is a town in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 818 at the 2020 census. The town name is derived from Thomas and Waterman Baldwin, two of the earliest settlers of the area. The town is east of Elmira. It is part ...

Baldwin, Nassau County, New York Baldwin is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 33,919 at the time of the 2020 census. History Original inhabitants of the a ...

Baldwin (LIRR station) Baldwin is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue in Baldwin, New York, although it also includes Milburn and Brooklyn Avenues. History Baldwin station was orig ...

Baldwin, North Dakota Baldwin is an unincorporated community in western Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 83 north of the city of Bismarck, the county seat of Burleigh County. Baldwin's elevation is 1,939 feet (591 m). B ...

Baldwin, Pennsylvania Baldwin is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States (not to be confused with adjacent Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Baldwin Township). Part of the Greater Pittsburgh, Greater Pittsburgh ...

Baldwin, Wisconsin Baldwin is a village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,957 at the 2010 census, a growth rate of 48% from 2000. The village is adjacent to the Town of Baldwin. History Dana Reed Bailey founded Baldwin in 1871. ...

Baldwin (town), Wisconsin Baldwin is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 903 at the 2000 census. The Village of Baldwin is located partially within the town. The unincorporated community of Dahl is also located in the town. Geography ...

Other places

Baldwin Street Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand is located in the residential suburb of North East Valley, northeast of Dunedin's central business district. ''Guinness World Records'' calls it the steepest street in the world, meaning no street gain ...

, in Dunedin, New Zealand, the world's steepest street * Baldwin Hills, neighborhood in Los Angeles, California *

Montgomery, Powys Montgomery ( cy, Trefaldwyn; translates to ''the town of Baldwin'') is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Montgomeryshire to which it gives its name and is within the Welsh Marches ...

, named in Welsh "Trefaldwyn", meaning "The Town of Baldwin"

Companies

Baldwin Locomotive Works The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades t ...

, one of the world's largest builders of steam locomotives in the 19th and 20th centuries *

Baldwin Piano Company The Baldwin Piano Company is an American piano brand. It was once the largest US-based manufacturer of keyboard instruments and known by the slogan, "America's Favorite Piano". Since 2001, it has been a subsidiary of Gibson Brands, Inc. It ceased ...

, once the largest manufacturer of pianos and keyboard instruments in the US

Schools

Baldwin Boys High School Baldwin Boys' High School (abbreviated BBHS, informally referred to as Baldwins) is a private boys school for boarders and day scholar, founded in 1880 in Bangalore, India. The school is run by Methodist Church in India under the chairmanship ...

, one of the schools in India *

Baldwin Girls High School Baldwin Girls' High School (BGHS), founded in 1880, is an all-girls Methodist school and one of the oldest in Bangalore, India. The school follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education syllabus and has classes from pre-nursery up to the ...

, a sister school of Baldwin Boys High School *

The Baldwin School The Baldwin School (simply referred to as Baldwin School or Baldwin) is a private school for girls in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1888 by Florence Baldwin. The school occupies a 19th-century resort hotel designed by ...

, a private all-girls school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US *

University of Balamand The University of Balamand (UOB; ar, جامعة البلمند) is a private institution, secular in its policies and approach to education. It welcomes faculty, students, and staff from all faiths and national or ethnic origins. The university i ...

Other uses

Baldwin (apple) The Baldwin apple is a bright red winter apple, very good in quality, and easily shipped. It was for many years the most popular apple in New England, New York, and for export from the United States of America. It has also been known as 'Calville ...

* The Baldwin Brothers, a Chicago-based electronica band *

Baldwin the Eagle Baldwin the Eagle, an anthropomorphized bald eagle, is the mascot of the Boston College Eagles. The nickname "Eagles" goes back to 1920 when Rev. Edward McLaughlin, unhappy at seeing a newspaper cartoon which represented Boston College as a cat af ...

, official mascot of Boston College * Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria *

Tom Baldwin (The 4400) This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''The 4400''. The list includes the series main characters, recurring characters, minor characters, as well a list of the 4400 returnees. Main characters Tom Baldwin Tom Baldwin, po ...

, a fictional character *

Baldwin's rules Baldwin's rules in organic chemistry are a series of guidelines outlining the relative favorabilities of ring closure reactions in alicyclic compounds. They were first proposed by Jack Baldwin in 1976. Baldwin's rules discuss the relative rates ...

, guidelines about the formation ring closure reactions *

Baldwin effect In evolutionary biology, the Baldwin effect, a phenotype-first theory of evolution, describes the effect of learned behaviour on evolution. James Mark Baldwin and others suggested during the eclipse of Darwinism in the late 19th century that an ...

, a process by which environmental adaptation becomes a genetic one *

Baldwin guinea pig The Baldwin guinea pig is a breed developed from a spontaneous genetic mutation in Carol Miller's show-line of white crested golden agouti. Though born fully furred, Baldwin guinea pigs begin to lose their fur at two to five days of age, starti ...

, a hairless breed similar to a Skinny pig