Aneirin
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/eɪnɪɹɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aneirin is a male given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: Welsh: of uncertain derivation, possibly from a word akin to Irish Gaelic nar ‘noble’, ‘modest’. The original form of the name was Neirin; the initial A- was added in the 13th century.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Welsh: of uncertain derivation, possibly from a word akin to Irish Gaelic nar ‘noble’, ‘modest’. The original form of the name was Neirin; the initial A- was added in the 13th century. This was the name of the first known Welsh poet, who lived aD c.600. The ‘Book of Aneirin’ is a 13th-century manuscript which pur- ports to preserve his work, including the Gododdin, a long work about the defeat of the Welsh by the Saxons. Variant: Aneurin (a modern form).
Cited for this meaning 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Aneirin Talfan Daviesb. 1909GBWelsh poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher (1909–1980)
- Aneirin Hughesb. 1958GBsinger and actor
- Aneirin Karadogb. 1982GBWelsh poet, broadcaster, performer and linguist (1982- )
- Aneirin GlynGBD.Phil. University of Oxford 2002
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #37,195 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #31,023 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2023 | 1 | #2,230 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2003 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aneirin mean, and where does it come from?
- Welsh: of uncertain derivation, possibly from a word akin to Irish Gaelic nar ‘noble’, ‘modest’. The original form of the name was Neirin; the initial A- was added in the 13th century. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Aneirin?
- A machine transcription gives /eɪnɪɹɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Aneirin?
- In the etymology graph, Aneurin and Neirin are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Aneirin a male or female name?
- Aneirin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Aneirin have the most bearers?
- Aneirin is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aneirinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aneirin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.