Ortwin (also Ortuin, latinized Ortuinus) is a German given name, from ort "point" and win "friend".

It has been conflated with the name Hartwin (also Hardwin, Arduinus, Arduino), from hart "hard, brave" and win "friend", especially in the case of Hardwin von Grätz (1475–1542), better known in English as Ortwin, a German humanist scholar and theologian.

Given name

Ortwin has been used as a modern given name since the early 20th century:

Surname

  • Ostap Ortwin (real name Oskar Katzenellenbogen) (1876-1942), Polish Jewish journalist and literary critic

See also

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