Given name
Iorwerth
“a handsome lord”
Iorwerth is used as a given name. One Welsh interpretation is “a handsome lord.”
Original WelshIolo
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “a handsome lord.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
The name appears in the Mabinogi, a medieval collection of Welsh legends.
Iorwerth’s family of names
Iorwerth has an affectionate form in Iolo. Iorwerth has a related form in Iowerthe. In English usage, Iorwerth has a diminutive in Iolo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ioloclipped form · Welsh, English
- Iowyrthevariant
- Iowyrthvariant
- Iowirthevariant
- Iowirthvariant
- Ioworthevariant
- Iowerthevariant
- Ioworthvariant
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Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Iorwerth
- I. E. S. EdwardsBritish egyptologist1909–1996
- Iorwerth PeateWelsh writer; founder of the Welsh Folk Museum (1901-1982)
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