Entry № 7004 · Cornish origin

Morwenna Morwenna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mor-WEN-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Cornish
Meaning
"Maiden"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Cornish)

A name that means "maiden".

Morwenna is a Cornish name from the Welsh morwyn, meaning "maiden." Saint Morwenna was a 5th-century Cornish saint; the village of Morwenstow in Cornwall bears her name.

Morwenna is rising in Cornwall and the UK.

Maiden. The Cornish saint of Morwenstow.

The name in its native script.

Morwenna
Transliteration
Morwenna
Pronunciation
/ mɔːrˈwɛn.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Morwenna stands.

Morwenna 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.

Morwennas before her.

Real people
Saint Morwenna
5th-century Cornish saint.
In fiction
Morwenna
Common in Cornish fiction.

Names connected to Morwenna.

The number behind Morwenna.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Morwenna reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.