Given name

Arwyn

“a friend to everyone”

Arwyn is a variant of Arvin. One English interpretation is “a friend to everyone.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Arwyn is a variant of Arvin. One English interpretation is “a friend to everyone.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Arwyn is a variant of Arvin. An origin associated with Arvin is English.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Built from Welsh ar- + gwyn (“blessed”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Arwyn through the years

Babies since 1880
721
50 boys · 671 girls
Most popular year
2025
55 babies
2025
55
#3,399 for girls · #7,722 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+49%
Rising
Boys Girls
0102030198020002025Highest share 2025Boys 5.9Girls 28
Arwyn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1978–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,399 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 10 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 514 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.

Arwyn’s family of names

Arwyn has a related form in Arvin.

Walk Arwyn’s family in the name graph

ArwynArvin

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Arwyn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Araelyn

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Railynn

32RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Alanys

28RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Anvika

42UncommonRising

>99% girls

Modern

Ailen

38RareRising fast

1% boys · 99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Arwyn’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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