Goswin (given name)
Goswin is a Germanic male given name originally meaning "friend of the Goths " As Gosewijn, Goswijn or Gozewijn it was quite common in the Middle Ages in the Low Countries. Latinized versions include Gosuinus, Gosvinus, and Goswinus, while in French the name has been rendered Gosvin and Gossuin.
People with this name include:
- Gosse Ludigman, possibly fictitious governor of Western Frisia
- Goswin I of Heinsberg, Limburg count, lord of Valkenburg
- Goswin of Anchin, Flemish Benedictine abbot and saint
- Goswin, 12th-century Polish Bishop
- Gozewijn van Randerath, Bishop of Utrecht
- , ruler of Livonia
- Goswin Haex van Loenhout, Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht
- Goswin van der Weyden, Flemish painter
- Goswin Nickel, German Jesuit priest
- Goswin de Fierlant, Flemish councillor
- Goswin de Stassart, Dutch-Belgian politician
- , Dutch physician and University Dean
- Goswin Karl Uphues, German philosopher
- , German historian
- Goos Meeuwsen, Dutch circus performer
