Branwen
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɹænwɛn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Branwen is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands. Recorded meaning: pers. name.
- Netherlands (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 3 (measured from records)
no count published
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
pers. name
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Branwen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | — | 15 | — | — |
| FI Finland | — | 10 | — | — |
| US United States | — | 5 | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1 | — | — |
| CL Chile | — | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)
- Branwen Gwynb. 1901GBBritish television presenter
- Branwen Okpakob. 1969NGNigerien filmmaker
- Branwen Niclasb. 1969GBLanguage campaigner and head of communications for Christian Aid in Wales
- Branwen JarvisGBWelsh author
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)
Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 15 | #17,574 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #39,108 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #39,736 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 6 | #38,231 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 5 | — |
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
- How do you pronounce Branwen?
- A machine transcription gives /bɹænwɛn/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Branwen mean?
- Recorded meaning: pers. name
- Is Branwen a male or female name?
- Branwen is a female 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 Branwen have the most bearers?
- Branwen is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
What do you want to know about Branwen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/branwenThe 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, “Branwen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.