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Blodwen
OriginWelsh
Meaning"white flower"
About Blodwen
An unusual floral -wen name which was the name of an 1878 opera by Welsh composer Joseph Parry.
Pronounced BLOD-wen.
As of October 2026, Blodwen ranked #4642 in US births in 1929 SSA, peaked at #1417 in 1899.
Editor's take: The name Blodwen is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "white flower".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Blodwen on lists
Famous Blodwens
- (Blodwen) Myfanwy Haycock
Welsh poet, artist & broadcaster
Blodwen in pop culture
- Blodwen Page Rees
character in A. J. Cronin's 1937 novel The Citadel
- Blodwen Evans
character in Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley (1939)
- Blodwen
Mr Waldo's wife in the play Under Milk Wood (1954) by Dylan Thomas
- Blodwen
Welsh,speaking caterpillar in animated series "The Lingo Show"
- "Blodwen
" opera by Joseph Parry to a Welsh libretto by Richard Davies; first opera written in Welsh
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