Entry № 6298 · Breton origin

Maïwenn Maïwenn — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ my-WEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Breton
Meaning
"Fair Mary"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Breton)

A name that means "fair mary".

Maïwenn is a Breton name combining Mari (Mary) and gwenn (fair, white) — meaning "fair Mary." Brittany is the Celtic region of northwestern France.

Maïwenn Le Besco (born 1976) is the French-Breton actress and filmmaker.

Fair Mary. The Breton compound.

The name in its native script.

Maïwenn
Transliteration
Maïwenn
Pronunciation
/ maɪˈwɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maïwenn stands.

Maïwenn 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.

Maïwenns before her.

Real people
Maïwenn Le Besco
French-Breton filmmaker.
born 1976
In fiction
Maïwenn
Common in Breton fiction.

Names connected to Maïwenn.

The number behind Maïwenn.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maïwenn reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.