Gerwin is a
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and
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given name, containing the Germanic roots ''ger'' ("spear") and ''win'' ("friend").
Gerwin
at the Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam
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database of given names in the Netherlands. Notable people with the name include:
* Gerwin Pardoel (born 1981), Dutch rapper known as Gers
* Gerwin van der Werf (born 1969), Dutch novelist and composer
See also
* Gervin
* Gerwen, a village in Dutch Brabant, derived from "Gerwin's home"
* Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805–1871), German literary and political historian
References
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