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Baidwan (बैदवान) Baidvan (बैदवान) Vaidwan (वैदवान) Vedwan (वेदवान) is Jat Gotra in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Baidwan,Vedwan and Vaidwan are same gotra.The Baidwan and Vaidwan are Sikhs and Vedic Hindu both. Baidwans found in Ambala , Mohali (Chandigarh) are of Sikh origin. In west UP ,they have a village name as Dhanaura Tikri (Baghpat district) and say their gotra as Vaidwan
(Vedwan) and are vedic Hindu by religion.
H.A. Rose writes that Baidwan is an important Hindu-Sikh Jat tribe in Ambala. H.A. Rose writes about its etymology that Fancifully it is derived from baid, a physician — who rescued a bride of the clan from robbers and was rewarded by their adopting his name.