Bedwyn: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Bedwyn – Origin: Welsh (uncertain) – Gender: Boy


Bedwyn is a Welsh (uncertain) boy's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Welsh Baby Boy Names With Ancient Bardic Roots.

Meaning & Origin of Bedwyn

Origin: Welsh (uncertain).

A common claim: Variant of Bedwyr Actually: There's no reliable evidence that Bedwyn is a variant of Bedwyr — it may instead be the unrelated English place name Bedwyn.

Popularity of Bedwyn

Bedwyn 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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