Entry № 4528 · Irish origin

Modwenna Modwenna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mod-WEN-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Irish-British saint of Burton"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "irish-british saint of burton".

Modwenna is from the Old Irish mo (my) and the Welsh gwen (white, fair, blessed). Saint Modwenna (d. c. 695) was the Irish-British abbess who founded numerous abbeys across Ireland and England — most famously Burton Abbey on the River Trent. Her cult was popular in medieval England.

Featured in Geoffrey of Burton's Life of Saint Modwenna.

Irish-British saint who founded Burton Abbey on the Trent.

The name in its native script.

Modwenna
Transliteration
Modwenna
Pronunciation
/ mɒdˈwɛn.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Modwenna stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Modwenna · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Modwennas before her.

Real people
Saint Modwenna
Irish-British abbess.
d. c. 695
In fiction
Modwenna
Subject of Geoffrey of Burton's Life.
12th c.

Names connected to Modwenna.

The number behind Modwenna.

7

The Seeker

Modwenna reduces to seven — the number of Irish-British saint.

Why families chose this name.

"Burton Abbey saint. Eight letters. Modwenna."
Catherine · Mother of one · Burton