Anwen

Welsh
"very fair, beautiful"

Anwen Origin and Meaning

The name Anwen is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "very fair, beautiful".

Anwen is one of the simplest and best of the classic Welsh girls' names, more unusual than Bronwen but with the same serene feel.

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Famous People Named Anwen

  • Anwen Keeling
    Australian painter
  • Anwen Crawford
    Australian music critic
  • Anwen Rees Meyers
    former actress and classical pianist

The name Anwen in Pop Culture

  • Anwen Cooper
    baby of Gwen and Rhys on TV's "Torchwood"
  • Anwen
    minor character in A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro