Given name
Derwyn
“a friend of the deer; a gifted friend”
Derwyn is a variant of Derwin. One English interpretation is “a friend of the deer; a gifted friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Derwyn is a variant of Derwin. One English interpretation is “a friend of the deer; a gifted friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Derwyn is a variant of Derwin. An origin associated with Derwin is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derwyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2009.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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