Entry № 3733 · Welsh origin

Goewin Goewin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GOY-win /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Welsh mythological (Math's footholder)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "welsh mythological (math's footholder)".

Goewin is the Welsh mythological figure of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion — the footholder of King Math fab Mathonwy. In Welsh tradition the king's feet had to rest in a virgin's lap; her ritual position was at the heart of the kingdom.

Featured in the Mabinogion.

Welsh princess. King Math's ritual footholder.

The name in its native script.

Goewin
Transliteration
Goewin
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡɔɪ.wɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Goewin stands.

Goewin does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Goewins before her.

Real people
Goewin
Welsh mythological figure.
In fiction
Goewin
Mabinogion Fourth Branch.

Names connected to Goewin.

The number behind Goewin.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Goewin reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.