# Darwin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɑːwɪn/ · frequency rank #10,187

## Definitions
1. A surname, especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
2. A municipality of Río Negro province, Argentina.
3. The capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
4. A ghost town in Tasmania, Australia.
5. A settlement on the peninsula of Lafonia, East Falkland island, Falkland Islands.
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14. A male given name transferred from the surname, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.
15. Ellipsis of Darwin College, Cambridge.
16. An open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple.

## Etymology
From Middle English Darwin, Derwin, from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”). The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.

## Easily confused with
- **dawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darwin-vs-dawn)
- **drain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darwin-vs-drain)
- **Durbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darwin-vs-durbin)
- **darn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darn-vs-darwin)
- **Dario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dario-vs-darwin)
- **Daria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daria-vs-darwin)
- **Darren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darren-vs-darwin)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-darwin)
- **darken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darken-vs-darwin)
- **Darien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darien-vs-darwin)
- **Darrin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darrin-vs-darwin)
- **darling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darling-vs-darwin)
- **darting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darting-vs-darwin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`adrwin`, `dariwn`, `darrwin`, `darwinn`, `darwni`, `darwwin`, `dawrin`, `ddarwin`, `drawin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/darwin