Given name
Anwen
“a famed beauty”
Anwen is used as a given name. One Welsh interpretation is “a famed beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “a famed beauty.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anwen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 188
- 0 boys · 188 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,181 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,181 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anwen’s family of names
Anwen has a related form in Anwenn. Anwen has a related form in Anwenne. Anwen has a related form in Anwin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Anwynvariant
- Annwenlikely variant
- Anwinnvariant
- Anwennvariant
- Anwynnevariant
- Anwynnvariant
- Anwinnevariant
- Anwennevariant
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