Bronwyn
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning dark, blessed; brown breast in Welsh.
Bronwyn by the numbers
In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Bronwyn. In the US, 46 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 83 babies in 1964, making it a 1960s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bronwyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a blessing
Like Bronwyn, each of these has a blessing in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Bronwyn, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bronwyn
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