Etelvina

This name derives from the Old High German “Adalwin,” composed of two elements: “*aþalaz,” meaning “noble, nobleman, aristocratic, eminent, glorious, excellent” plus “*-winiz,” meaning “friend.” In turn, the name means “noble friend.” 1) Adalwin († 873) was a German Catholic archbishop, Archbishop of Salzburg, and abbot of St. Peter from 859 until his death. 2) Æthelwine of Athelney was a 7th-century Catholic saint. She lived as a hermit on the island of Athelney in the marshy country of Somerset and is known to us to have been recorded in the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript.