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Bronwen

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Girl · Welsh

Bronwen

Say it: BRON-wen

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Meaning

From bron 'breast' and gwen 'white, fair'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1975per million babies of that sex
  • 852 babies given this name since 1941
  • At its height in 1975, about 1 in 63,400 girls
  • 9 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Welsh

The family of the name

Other spellings: Bronwyn

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Where this comes from

  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • National birth statistics of European countries source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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