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A given name in Common Brittonic
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01 / Meaning & origin
Dwynwen is a feminine given name documented in Common Brittonic.
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England and Wales, 2025: 3 girls (rank 5927).
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Source: Office for National Statistics · Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
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| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Dwynwen” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
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Released 2026-07-09 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · OGL-UK-3.0
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DWYNWEN— “white wave”
Dwynwen, or the white wave, was invoked as the patroness of lovers, and became a Welsh name. It is just possible that an echo of this, on the other side of the water, may be Damhnait, or Devnet, Latinized as Dymphna, or Dympna, though the more obvious likeness in sound is _damhna_, a reason. An Irish princess, so called, was obliged, about the year 600, to fly from the persecutions of her father, protected by a priest, a jester, and his wife, until near Antwerp her father…
Dwynwen, or the white wave, was invoked as the patroness of lovers, and became a Welsh name. It is just possible that an echo of this, on the other side of the water, may be Damhnait, or Devnet, Latinized as Dymphna, or Dympna, though the more obvious likeness in sound is _damhna_, a reason. An Irish princess, so called, was obliged, about the year 600, to fly from the persecutions of her father, protected by a priest, a jester, and his wife, until near Antwerp her father overtook her and cut off her head. Hanmer adds, “the Irish in the county of Lowth do honour her; belike her father dwelt there:” and Dympna, or Demmy, is not wholly extinct as a name.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter IV (Names Of Cymric Romance), Section III (Gwenever) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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