Gwyn

GWIN

Welsh

"fair, blessed"

Gwyn Origin and Meaning

The name Gwyn is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "fair, blessed".

Short, simple, gentle, undeniably Welsh but easy to spell and pronounce – there's a lot to like about this underused gem. In the States it's been almost exclusively female, perhaps due to the greater familiarity of Gwen, but it definitely feels like a candidate to reclaim for the boys.

Gwyn has exactly the same meaning and origin as his much more popular Irish cousin Finn.

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Famous People Named Gwyn

• Gwyn Lord of Sunlight, a character from the video game series Dark Souls
• Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley Englsh physicist
• John Gwyn Griffiths Welsh poet

The name Gwyn in Pop Culture

• Gwynn ap Nudd King of the Faeries in Welsh folklore. One of the members of the Wild Hunt.
• Gwyn Lord of Sunlight, character from the video game series Dark Souls