{{Short description|Male given name}} '''Goswin''' is a Germanic male given name originally meaning "friend (''win'') of the Goths (''gos'')"<ref name=goos>[https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Goswijn Goswijn] in the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.</ref> 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.<ref name=goos/><ref>[https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Goos Goos] and [https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Gosse Gosse] in the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.</ref> Latinized versions include ''Gos(s)uinus'', ''Gosvinus'', and ''Goswinus'', while in French the name has been rendered ''Gosvin'' and ''Gossuin'' (e.g. Gossuin d'Anchin).
People with this name include:
*{{ill|Goswin (bishop of Osnabrück)|de|Goswin (Osnabrück)}} ({{reign|829|845}}) *Gosse Ludigman (died 1000), possibly fictitious governor of Western Frisia *Goswin I of Heinsberg (ca. 1060–1128), Limburg count, lord of Valkenburg *Goswin of Anchin (c. 1085–1165), Flemish Benedictine abbot and saint *Goswin (bishop of Poznań), 12th-century Polish Bishop *Goswin of Bossut (fl. 1230s), Cistercian writer *Gozewijn van Randerath (fl. 1250), Bishop of Utrecht *{{illm|Goswin von Herike|de||et||lt|Gosvinas fon Herikė|lv|Gosvins fon Hērike|ru|Госвин фон Херике}} (died 1359), ruler of Livonia *Goswin Haex van Loenhout (died 1475), Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht *Goswin van der Weyden (1455–1543), Flemish painter *Goswin Nickel (1582–1664), German Jesuit priest *Goswin de Fierlant (ca. 1735—1804), Flemish councillor *Goswin de Stassart (1780–1854), Dutch-Belgian politician *{{illm|Gozewijn Jan Loncq|de|}} (1810–1887), Dutch physician and University Dean *Goswin Karl Uphues(1841–1916), German philosopher *{{illm|Goswin von der Ropp|de||no||sv|}} (1850–1919), German historian
==See also== * Goos (name) * Goosen, Goossen and Goossens * Gosse (disambiguation) * De Geus
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Germanic masculine given names Category:Masculine given names