Entry № 7070 · Celtic origin

Myfanwy Myfanwy — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ muh-VAN-wee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Celtic
Meaning
"My beloved"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "my beloved".

Myfanwy is from the Welsh my (my) + manwy / banwy (beloved, fine one) — my beloved. Myfanwy is one of the Welsh feminine names — central to traditional Welsh-language heritage. The poem Myfanwy yng Nghaerfyrddin (Myfanwy in Carmarthen) by Hywel ap Einion Lygliw (14th c.) is one of the medieval Welsh love poems.

My beloved (Welsh). medieval love poem.

The name in its native script.

Myfanwy
Transliteration
Myfanwy
Pronunciation
/ məˈvæn.wi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Myfanwy stands.

Myfanwy 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.

Myfanwys before her.

Real people

In fiction
Myfanwy (Welsh)
Welsh ballad love song.
1875

Names connected to Myfanwy.

The number behind Myfanwy.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Myfanwy reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.