Heddwen

A feminine form of the poetic Heddwyn, this Welsh name combines the elements heddand gwyn to form a name that means "blessed peace". The masculine variant was notably used by the Welsh-language poet, Ellis Humphrey Evans, who picked it after being inspired by the way sunlight broke through the mist in the Welsh valleys where here lived.

Pronounced as HETH-win, the th sound being like that in thin, neither Heddwen or Heddwyn were used as given names until after the poet's death during the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I. This feminine form in particular remains rare.

Pronounced HETH-wen.