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Gwyn - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gwyn

[ 1 syll. gwy(n), gw-yn ] The girl name Gwyn is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced GWIHN KEY. Gwyn's language of origin is Welsh and it is also predominantly used in Welsh. Gwyn is a form of the English and Welsh Wynne.

Gwyn is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1962, 0.006% of baby girls were named Gwyn. It had a ranking of #934 then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then, and is of only sporadic use today. Within all girl names in its family, Gwyn was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008. In the last century Gwyn has mainly been a girl name.

Baby names that sound like Gwyn include the English Gwinn, the English Gwynn, the English Gwynne, the Frisian and German Gesine, the English and Welsh Gwen, the English Gwenn, the Hebrew Gana, the Russian Ganya, the English Geena, the Spanish Gema, the Turkish Gizem, the English Gwena, the English Gwenna, the name Gwennie, the name Gwenno, the name Gweno, the name Gwinny, the English Gemina, and the Frisian and German Gesina.

KEY: English pronunciation for Gwyn: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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