Gwyn (name) explained
| Gwyn |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | "white, holy" |
| Origin: | from Welsh Gwyn, is a male name and pronounced Gwin ("white, bright, fair, pure, blessed, holy") |
Gwynn, Gwynne, Guinn or Gwyn, are given names meaning "white" or/and "blessed" in Welsh and Cornish.
Gwyn and its variants are male given names, indicated by the spelling using 'y' rather than 'e'.[1] 'Gwen' or 'Gwendolen' are female equivalents. 'Gwyneth' can cause confusion, as this is a female name with apparently male spelling, however, this name has a different etymological origin [''ibid''].
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Gwyn Ashton (born 1961), Welsh musician
- Gwyn Cready (born 1962), American author
- Gwyn Davies (rugby) (1908–1992), Welsh rugby player
- Gwyn Davies (1919–1995), Welsh cricketer
- Gwynne Dyer (born 1943), Canadian journalist
- Gwyn Evans (footballer) (1935–2000), Welsh footballer
- Gwyn Evans (rugby union) (born 1957), Welsh rugby player
- Gwynn Evans (1915–2001), Welsh cricketer
- Gwynne Evans (1880–1965), American swimmer
- Gwynne Owen Evans (1940–1964), English murderer (real name: John Robson Walby), one of the last two men to be executed in the United Kingdom.
- Gwyn Francis (1896–1987), Welsh rugby player
- Gwynne Geyer, American opera singer
- Gwynne Gilford (born 1946), American actress
- Gwyn Griffin (1922–1967), English novelist
- J. Gwyn Griffiths (1911–2004), Welsh poet
- Gwynn ap Gwilym (1950–2016), Welsh poet
- Gwyn Headley (born 1946), British businessman
- Gwynne Herbert, British actress
- Gwynne Howell (born 1938), Welsh opera singer
- Gwyn Hughes (disambiguation)
- Gwyn Jones (disambiguation)
- Gwynne Jones (born 1945), Zimbabwe-born English cricketer
- Gwynn Parry Jones (1891–1963), Welsh opera singer
- T. Gwynn Jones (1871–1949), Welsh poet
- Gwyn Martin (1921–2001), Welsh photographer and pharmacist
- Gwyn Manning (1915–2003), Welsh footballer
- Gwyn Morgan, Canadian businessman
- Gwyn Morgan (civil servant) (1934–2010) British Labour Party official and EU civil servant
- Gwyn Morgan (writer) (born 1954), Welsh author
- Gwyn Morgans (born 1932), Welsh former professional footballer,
- Gwyn Nicholls (1874–1939), Welsh rugby union player
- Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), Australian ceramic artist
- Gwyn R Price, Welsh politician
- Gwyn Prosser (born 1943), British politician
- Gwynne Pugh, Welsh-born American architect
- Gwyn Richards (1905–1985), Welsh rugby player
- Gwyn Richards (cricketer) (born 1951), Welsh cricketer
- Gwyn Roberts, American musician
- Gwyn Rowlands (1928–2010), English rugby player
- Gwyn Hyman Rubio (born 1949), American author
- Gwyn Shea (born 1937), American politician
- Gwynne Shipman (1909–2005), American actress
- Gwynne Shotwell (born 1963), American businesswoman
- Gwyn Staley (1927–1958), American race car driver
- Gwyn Thomas (disambiguation)
- Gwyn R. Tompkins (1861–1938), American horse trainer
- Gwyn Williams (disambiguation)
- Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995), Welsh historian
- Gwynn Williams (disambiguation)
- W. S. Gwynn Williams (1896–1978), British musician
Surname
- Aaron Gwyn (born 1972), American novelist
- Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934), American philanthropist and socialite
- Alice Gwynne, birth name of Kiki Preston (1898–1946), American socialite
- Andrew Gwynne (born 1974), British politician
- Anisha Nicole Gwynn (born 1985), American singer better known as Anisha Nicole or Nee-Nee Gwynn (daughter of Tony Sr.)
- Anne Gwynne (1918–2003), American actress
- Arlissa Guinn, birth name of Arlissa Veliz (born 1983), mother of King Scott I of Lavari
- Arthur Gwynn (1874–1898), Irish cricketer and rugby player
- Aubrey Gwynn (1892–1983), Irish historian
- Bill Gwynne (1913–1991), New Zealand cricket umpire
- Charles Gwynn (1870–1962), Irish-born British Army officer
- Chris Gwynn (born 1964), American baseball player
- Darbi Gwynn, American actress
- David Gwynn (1861–1910), Welsh rugby player
- David Gwynne (1904–1934), Welsh cricketer
- Denis Rolleston Gwynn (1893–1973), Irish journalist
- Edward Gwynn (1868–1941), Irish literary scholar
- Edward Castres Gwynne (1811–1888), Australian lawyer
- Eirwen Gwynn (1916–2007), Welsh nationalist, teacher, scientist, writer
- Emlyn Gwynne (1898–1962), Welsh rugby player
- Francis Gwyn (1648–1734), Welsh politician
- Fred Gwynne (1926–1993), American actor
- Gareth Gwynn, Welsh entertainer
- George Gwynne (c. 1623–1673), Welsh politician
- Glen Gwynne (born 1972), Australian soccer player
- Haydn Gwynne (born 1957), English actress
- Herbert Britton Gwyn (1873–1934), American newspaper editor
- Horace Gwynne (1912–2001), Canadian boxer
- Howel Gwyn (1806–1888), British politician
- Howell Gwynne (disambiguation)
- Howell Arthur Gwynne (1865–1950), British author and newspaper editor
- Jack Gwynne (1895–1969), American illusionist
- James Gwyn (1828–1906), American Civil War soldier
- Jason Gwynne, British journalist
- John Gwynne (disambiguation)
- John David Gwynn (1907–1998), Irish cricketer
- John Tudor Gwynn (1881–1956), Irish cricketer
- John Wellington Gwynne (1814–1902), puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- John W. Gwynne (1889–1972), seven-term Republican U.S. Representative
- Jovaughn Gwyn (born 1999), American football player
- Julia Gwynne (1856–1954), English opera singer
- Letitia Gwynne (born 1962), Northern Irish journalist
- Llewellyn Gwynne (1863–1957), the first Anglican Bishop of Egypt and Sudan
- Lucius Gwynn (1873–1902), Irish rugby player
- Lucy Gwynn (1866-1947), first Lady Registrar in Dublin
- Marcus Gwyn (born 1977), American baseball player
- Mark Gwyn, American law enforcement officer
- Marmaduke Gwynne (1691–1769), influential Welsh Methodist
- Michael Gwynn (1916–1976), British actor
- Michael C. Gwynne (born 1942), American actor
- Nathaniel Gwynne (1849–1883), American Civil War soldier
- Nell Gwynne (1650–1687), long-time mistress of King Charles II
- Nevile Gwynne, British grammarian
- Owen Gwyn (died 1633), Welsh priest
- Patrick Gwynne (1913–2003), British architect
- Peter Gwynne (1929–2011), New Zealand-born Australian actor
- Phillip Gwynne (born 1958), Australian author
- R. S. Gwynn (born 1948), American poet
- Richard Gwyn (disambiguation)
- Robert Gwynn (1877–1962), Irish cricketer
- Roland Gwynne (1882–1971), mayor of Eastbourne and lover of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams
- Rowland Gwynne (c. 1658–1726), Welsh politician
- Rupert Gwynne (1873–1924), British politician
- S. C. Gwynne, American writer
- Sam Gwynne (born 1987), English footballer
- Sandra Gwyn (1935–2000), Canadian journalist
- Sarah Gwynne, birth name of Sarah Wesley (1726–1822), influential Welsh Methodist
- Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950), Irish journalist
- Tony Gwynn (1960–2014), American baseball player and Hall of Fame member
- Tony Gwynn Jr. (born 1982), American baseball player and son of Tony (Sr.)
- Walter Gwynn (1802–1882), American engineer
- William Gwynn (1856–1897), Welsh rugby player
- Woody Gwyn (born 1944), American artist
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Welsh Names-intro.
