Gwerful

Girl · Welsh

Gwerful

Say it: GWER-vil

Meaning

Uncertain.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Welsh

Famous bearers

Gwerful Mechain, 15th-century Welsh poet

Names worth a look

GwenllianGirlFrom gwen 'white, fair, blessed' and a second element usually read as lliant 'flood, flow', which is uncertain.Middle Ages · forgotten

GwenhwyfarGirlFrom gwen 'white, fair, holy' and a second element often linked to sebarā 'phantom, magical being'; the analysis is…Middle Ages · forgotten

NestGirlUncertain; usually treated as a Welsh pet form of Agnes, though this is not proven.Middle Ages · forgotten

ElunedGirlUncertain; possibly from eilun 'image, idol'.Middle Ages · forgotten

GwenfrewiGirlFrom gwen 'white, fair, blessed' and a second element of uncertain meaning.Early Medieval · forgotten

TangwystlGirlFrom tang 'peace' and gwystl 'pledge, hostage': 'peace-pledge'.Middle Ages · forgotten

Where this comes from

Well-known works of literature

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