Arwyn

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Arwyn, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Eowyn
• Bronwen
• Galadriel
• Gwyn
• Bronwyn
• Welsh
• Olwen
• Owain
• Branwen
• Ceridwen
• Emlyn
• Ffion

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Arwyn is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Welsh, a male given name, feminine equivalent Arwen

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Arwyn Davies, Baron Arwynb. 1897GBBritish peer (1897-1978)
• Arwyn Robertsb. 1959GBWelsh photographer
• Arwyn Daviesb. 1967GBBritish actor
• Arwyn Jonesb. 1971GBEnglish cricketer (born 1971)

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).

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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Is Arwyn a male or female name?

Arwyn is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

How do you pronounce Arwyn?

In Spanish /aɾwin/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

In which country does Arwyn have the most bearers?

Arwyn is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.