At a Glance
- Meaning
- Sometimes explained as 'birch' plus a heroic element, though this isn't certain
- Origin
- Welsh (Arthurian legend)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- BED-weer
Bedwyr is a Welsh (Arthurian legend) boy's name meaning “sometimes explained as 'birch' plus a heroic element, though this isn't certain”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Bedwyr
Meaning: Sometimes explained as 'birch' plus a heroic element, though this isn't certain.
Origin: Welsh (Arthurian legend).
A common claim: Bedwyr is widely translated as 'birch hero' or 'birch-man.' Actually: This birch-tree explanation is a popular guess rather than a settled fact — the name is most securely known as the Welsh equivalent of Bedivere.
Source: Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Bedwyr
BED-weerIPA /ˈbɛdwɪr/
Popularity of Bedwyr
Bedwyr 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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