Gwynfor: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

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


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

Meaning & Origin of Gwynfor

Origin: Welsh.

A common claim: "Fair lord" Actually: Uncertain rather than wrong — the 'lord' half rests on deriving -for from gŵr, but an equally common analysis derives it from mawr ('great'), giving 'fair and great' instead.

Popularity of Gwynfor

Gwynfor 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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