Goswin is a
Germanic male given name originally meaning "friend (''win'') of the
Goths
The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe ...
(''gos'')"
[Goswijn]
in the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. As ''Gosewijn'', ''Goswijn'' or ''Gozewijn'' (with short forms ''Goos'', ''Goes'', ''Gosse'' and ''Geus'') it was quite common in the Middle Ages in the Low Countries.
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an
Gosse
in the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. Latinized versions include ''Gos(s)uinus'', ''Gosvinus'', and ''Goswinus'', while in
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
the name has been rendered ''Gosvin'' and ''Gossuin'' (e.g.
:fr:Gossuin d'Anchin).
People with this name include:
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Gosse Ludigman
Gosse Ludigman (elected 989 died in 1000) was a legendary potestaat (or elected governor) of Friesland, now a province of the Netherlands. He does not appear in sources until hundreds of years after his supposed life.
Gosse lived at Staveren, a ...
(died 1000), possibly fictitious governor of Western Frisia
*
Goswin I of Heinsberg (ca. 1060–1128), Limburg count, lord of Valkenburg
*
Goswin of Anchin
Goswin was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1082, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France, he studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology. Goswin then entered Anchin Abbey in 1113, in Pecquencourt, nea ...
(c. 1085–1165), Flemish Benedictine abbot and saint
*
, 12th-century Polish Bishop
*
Goswin of Bossut
Goswin of Bossut ( 1231–1238) was a Cistercian monk, crusader, composer and writer of Villers Abbey in the Duchy of Brabant.
Life
Goswin is the author of three to five known works. He is, nevertheless, a shadowy figure. He was probably born arou ...
(fl. 1230s), Cistercian writer
*
Gozewijn van Randerath
Gozewijn van Randerath was a Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman. He was locally elected to be bishop of Utrecht in 1249, but Pope Innocent IV appointed Henry I van Vianden instead, and so Gozewijn withdrew from the post in 1250.
Due to an error by t ...
(fl. 1250), Bishop of Utrecht
* (died 1359), ruler of Livonia
*
Goswin Haex van Loenhout
Goswin Haex von Loenhout, O. Carm. or Goswinus Hexius (1398 – 31 Mar 1475) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (1469–1475).[Goswin van der Weyden Goswin is a Germanic male given name originally meaning "friend (''win'') of the Goths (''gos'')"][Goswijn]
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(1455–1543), Flemish painter
*
Goswin Nickel
Goswin Nickel (1582 - 31 July 1664) was a German Jesuit priest and the tenth Superior-General of the Society of Jesus.
Goswin was born in Koslar, North-Westphalia (Germany). He studied in Paderborn and Mainz (1611–1615), where he was promoted ...
(1582–1664), German Jesuit priest
*
Goswin de Fierlant
Goswin Anne-Marie Félix de Fierlant (ca. 1735—1804) was a holder of high office in the Austrian Netherlands who served on the Council of State, as the last president of the Great Council, and briefly as Chief President of the Privy Council of ...
(ca. 1735—1804), Flemish councillor
*
Goswin de Stassart
Goswin Joseph Augustin, Baron de Stassart (2 September 1780 – 16 October 1854) was a Dutch-Belgian politician.
Stassart studied accounting and economics in Paris. In 1804 he became Auditor in the French State Council, in 1805 he became Intenda ...
(1780–1854), Dutch-Belgian politician
* (1810–1887), Dutch physician and University Dean
*
Goswin Karl Uphues
Goswin Karl Uphues (13 March 1841 – 10 September 1916) was a German philosopher. He taught at a '' gymnasium'' in Aarau before becoming a professor at the University of Halle.
A collection of papers published by Uphues between 1869 and 1882 was ...
(1841–1916), German philosopher
* (1850–1919), German historian
*
Goos Meeuwsen (born 1982), Dutch circus performer
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Germanic masculine given names