Bronwyn
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɹɑnwɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bronwyn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Australia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Welsh Bronwen.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.7K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 6.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Australia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 311 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Welsh Bronwen.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bronwyn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU Australia | #367 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 74 | Bronwyn | 197 |
| ZA South Africa | #875 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Bronwyn | 105 |
| US United States | — | 3,514 | 1 in 95K | 3.5K | Bronwyn | 311 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 50K | 5 | Bronwyn | 159 |
| NZ New Zealand | #329 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | 10 | Bronwyn | 124 |
| IE Ireland | #851 | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Bronwyn | 50 |
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: NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bronwyn 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, white-breasted, white-chested
as a wordkaikki.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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bronwyn Bishopb. 1942AUAustralian politician and former Speaker of the House
- Bronwen Mantelb. 1950CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress
- Bronwyn Bancroftb. 1958AUAustralian artist, administrator and book illustrator (born 1958)
- Bronwen Boothb. 1966GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
- Bronwen Hughesb. 1967CAnot in their usual nameCanadian film director
- Bronwyn Mayerb. 1974AUAustralian water polo player
- Bronwyn Eaglesb. 1980AUAustralian athletics competitor
- Bronwyn Tureib. 1984NZNew Zealand actress
- Bronwen Knoxb. 1986AUnot in their usual nameAustralian water polo player
- Bronwyn Tarbotonactress
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 29 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.5K | #5,027 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1980 | 74 | #100 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 37 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1982 | 37 | — |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1982 | 37 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 34 | #5,027 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1999 | 10 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 5 | #541 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1976 | 4 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2012 | 3 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2012 | 3 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2005 | 3 | #377 |
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 are other forms of the name Bronwyn?
- In the etymology graph, Bronwen is a form of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Bronwyn mean, and where does it come from?
- From Welsh Bronwen. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Bronwyn a male or female name?
- Bronwyn 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 Bronwyn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Bronwyn in Australia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bronwyn.
- How common is the name Bronwyn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,514 people named Bronwyn in 2020, about 1 in 95 thousand residents.
- How common is Bronwyn compared with other names?
- In Australia, Bronwyn is the 367th most common given name of 205,854 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Bronwyn?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹɑnwɪn/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Bronwyn?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bronwynThe 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, “Bronwyn” — the 367th most common given name in Australia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.