Arwyn
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arwyn by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Arwyn. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Arwyn
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arwyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ardyn30 in the US (2017)
- Arryn13 in the US (2017)
- Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ardeneagle valley; a place name346 in the US (2017)
- Aarynmountain of strength, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaron90 in the US (2017)
- Allynnoble friend; a form of Alden or Allen13 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arwyn
Names that are said the same way as Arwyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Arwyn
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