Conway - Meaning of Conway

What does Conway mean?

[ 2 syll. co-nway, con-w-ay ] The baby boy name Conway is pronounced as KAANWey- †.

1: Conway's language of origin is Welsh and it is used mainly in the English language. The name's meaning is 'from the holy river'.

Variant forms of Conway include the name Conwae, the name Conwai, the name Conwaye, the Welsh Conwy, and the English Konway.

2: Conway is of Scottish origin. The meaning here is 'noisy, stormy one'.

3: Conway's language of origin is Irish Gaelic. Meaning: 'from the sign of the yellow hunting dog'.

See also the related categories, yellow (gold), river, english, holy, welsh, dog, and irish.

Conway is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1902, 0.005% of baby boys were named Conway. It ranked at #950 then. The baby name has since experienced a decline in frequency, and is of only sporadic use now. Out of all boy names in its group, Conway was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Conway include Conwaye, Cadan, Cadman, Cadmo, Cadmon, Cahan, Cahane, Caillom, Caillum, Camee, Camey, Cami, Camie, Cammi, Cammie, Cammy, Camy, Canaan, Canna, and Cannin.

† English pronunciation for Conway: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"



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