Einion: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Einion – Origin: Welsh – Gender: Boy


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

Meaning & Origin of Einion

Origin: Welsh.

A common claim: Said to mean "anvil," from the Welsh word einion Actually: The "anvil" meaning may be folk etymology — some sources instead trace Einion to the Latin name Ennianus.

Popularity of Einion

Einion 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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