At a Glance: Name: Aneurin – Meaning: name of an early Welsh/Brythonic poet (Aneirin); deeper root disputed between 'golden' and 'honorable' – Origin: Welsh (Brythonic, alteration of Aneirin) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: uh-NYE-rin
Aneurin is a Welsh (Brythonic, alteration of Aneirin) boy's name meaning “name of an early Welsh/Brythonic poet (Aneirin); deeper root disputed between 'golden' and 'honorable'”. It appears in 4 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Aneurin
Meaning: Name of an early Welsh/Brythonic poet (Aneirin); deeper root disputed between 'golden' and 'honorable'.
Origin: Welsh (Brythonic, alteration of Aneirin).
A common claim: honorable, golden Actually: Aneurin is the name of an early Welsh (Brythonic) poet, Aneirin. Scholars disagree on the deeper root of his name — 'golden' and 'honorable' are both proposed, but it isn't a confirmed combined meaning.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Aneurin
Phonetic: uh-NYE-rin IPA: /əˈnaɪrɪn/
Popularity of Aneurin
Aneurin doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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