Gwyn

Where Gwyn comes from

From Welsh gwyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gwyn
  • Welsh
  • 1 syllable
Gwyn through the years
  1. 1874
    Gwyn Nicholls born
    Welsh rugby union player
  2. 1907
    Gwyn Jones born
    British writer
  3. 1922
    First appearance
    #5,009 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1936
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 1962
    Peak, #934
    129 babies named Gwyn, the most in any year.
  6. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,672.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Gwyneth.
Namesakes
  • Gwyn Jones · British writer, 1907–1999
  • Gwyn Nicholls · Welsh rugby union player, 1874–1939
  • Gwyn Ashton · Welsh–Australian musician, born 1961
  • Gwyn A. Williams · Welsh historian, 1925–1995
  • Gwyn Thomas · Welsh poet, 1936–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.