Given name

Arfon

“near”·“Anglesey”

Arfon is a masculine given name. It is used in Welsh.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Arfon is built from elements meaning “near” and “Anglesey”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Welsh ar- (“near”) + Ynys Môn.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

People named Arfon

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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Place names

Eifion

No U.S. birth series

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Place names

Trefor

“from the large village”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Place names

Dyfed

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic · Place names

Athol

“from the new Ireland”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

English · Place names

Lorne

“a man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel” · “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”

11Very rareEasing

>99% boys

Celtic

Oisín

“fawn”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Celtic

Kálmán

Kálmán is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Hungarian and Slovak.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Irish · Celtic

Aidan

“one who is fiery; little fire” · “a fiery young man”

66FamiliarEasing

99% boys · 1% girls

Sibling ideas

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