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 Euro ...
(''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.
[Goos]
an
Gosse
in the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. Latinized versions include ''Gos(s)uinus'', ''Gosvinus'', and ''Goswinus'', while in
French 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 (died 1000), possibly fictitious governor of Western Frisia
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Goswin I of Heinsberg Goswin I of Heinsberg (Goswin I von Heinsberg) (ca. 1060–1128) was the Count of Heinsberg
Heinsberg (; li, Hinsberg ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the district Heinsberg. It is situated near the border with ...
(ca. 1060–1128), Limburg count, lord of Valkenburg
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Goswin of Anchin (c. 1085–1165), Flemish Benedictine abbot and saint
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Goswin (bishop of Poznań), 12th-century Polish Bishop
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Goswin of Bossut (fl. 1230s), Cistercian writer
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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 th ...
(fl. 1250), Bishop of Utrecht
* (died 1359), ruler of Livonia
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Goswin Haex van Loenhout (died 1475), Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht
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Goswin van der Weyden (1455–1543), Flemish painter
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Goswin Nickel (1582–1664), German Jesuit priest
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Goswin de Fierlant (ca. 1735—1804), Flemish councillor
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Goswin de Stassart (1780–1854), Dutch-Belgian politician
* (1810–1887), Dutch physician and University Dean
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Goswin Karl Uphues(1841–1916), German philosopher
* (1850–1919), German historian
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Goos Meeuwsen
Goos Meeuwsen (b. Arnhem, 1982) is a Dutch circus artist.
He took his first steps in juggling and the art of clowning in the Arnhem-based circusschool "Poehaa". As from age 9 he performed in the annual Worldstar Christmas Circus in Arnhem's Rijnh ...
(born 1982), Dutch circus performer
References
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Germanic masculine given names