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[ 2 syll. bro-nwen, br-onw-en ] The girl name Bronwen is pronounced as BRAONWehN †. Bronwen is mainly used in English and Welsh. It is of Welsh origin. The meaning of Bronwen is fair bossomed. Derived from the words 'bron' which means breast ; 'gwen' which means white, fair, blessed, holy. The name has been a long-time favorite in Wales, and its use spread to other English speaking countries from the end of the 19th century. In literature, it has appeared as the name of the fictional Bronwen Morgan in Richard Llewellyn's novel How Green was My Valley (1939). The English and Welsh Branwen, the English and Welsh Bronia, the name Bronnie, the name Bronny, the name Bronwynne, the name Bronya, the name Browin, and the Welsh Brownyn are variant forms of the name. The short form Bron (English and Welsh), and the spelling variants Bronwin (English and Welsh), Bronwyn (Welsh), and Bronwynn (English and Welsh) are other forms of Bronwen. Bronwen is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Bronwen include the English Berna, the English Berni, the English Bernie, the English Berny, the Czech Brana, the name Branna, the English and Welsh Branwen, the Welsh Branwenn, the Welsh Brauwin, the English Breana, the English Breanna, the English Breayanna, the English Breeanna, the English Brenie, the English Brenna, the English Brennah, the English Briane, the English Briann, the English Brianne, and the English Brieanna.
† Pronunciation for Bronwen: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
