Gwyn

Where Gwyn comes from

From Welsh gwyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gwyn
  • Welsh
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1874
    Gwyn Nicholls born
    Welsh rugby union player
  2. 1907
    Gwyn Jones born
    British writer
  3. 1922
    First appearance
    #5,009 among girls, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1962
    Peak, #934
    129 babies named Gwyn — more than any year before or since.
  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.