Elwyn
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Welsh and Irish: of uncertain origin
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛɫwɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elwyn is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
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 and Irish: of uncertain origin. In the modern Welsh name the influence of the word (g)wyn ‘white’, ‘fair’, ‘blessed’, ‘holy’ is apparent (see Delwyn). However, this is also one of the forms used for the name of a 6th-century Irish saint; it may be no more than a variant of pAlan.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Elwyn, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
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.
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)
- Langdon Mitchellb. 1862USnot in their usual nameAmerican playwright (1862–1935)
- Elwyn Brooks Whiteb. 1899USAmerican author (1899–1985)
- Elwyn Brook-Jonesb. 1911GBBritish actor (1911-1962)
- Elwyn Lynnb. 1917AUAustralian artist (1917-1997)
- John Elwyn Jonesb. 1921GBWelsh translator
- Elwyn Jonesb. 1923GBBritish writer (1923-1982)
- Elwyn L. Simonsb. 1930USU.S. paleontologist and primatologist (1930-2016)
- Elwyn Adamsb. 1933USAmerican musician
- Elwyn Berlekampb. 1940USAmerican mathematician (1940-2019)
- Ed Robertsonb. 1970CAnot in their usual nameCanadian musician (born 1970)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #11,322 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1924 | 104 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 96 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 94 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1920 | 93 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 90 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 90 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 89 | #11,322 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 89 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1918 | 88 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 82 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 79 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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
- Is Elwyn a male or female name?
- Elwyn 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.
- Where does the name Elwyn come from?
- Welsh and Irish: of uncertain origin. In the modern Welsh name the influence of the word (g)wyn ‘white’, ‘fair’, ‘blessed’, ‘holy’ is apparent (see Delwyn). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Elwyn mean?
- Recorded meaning: Welsh and Irish: of uncertain origin.
- How do you pronounce Elwyn?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛɫwɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Elwyn have the most bearers?
- Elwyn is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Elwyn?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elwynThe 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, “Elwyn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.