Entry № 9791 · Welsh origin

Siwan Siwan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHEE-wan /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Welsh form of Joan (medieval Princess of Wales)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "welsh form of joan (medieval princess of wales)".

Siwan is the Welsh form of Joan — from the Hebrew Yochanan (God is gracious). Siwan Phillips — modern Welsh figure. Siwan Davies — Welsh academic. Princess Siwan — Welsh royal heritage naming.

Welsh form of Joan (medieval Princess of Wales) — a Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Siwan
Transliteration
Siwan
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃiː.wæn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Siwan stands.

Siwan 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.

Siwans before her.

Real people
Joan, Lady of Wales (Siwan)
Medieval Welsh princess.
c. 1191 – 1237
In fiction
Siwan (Saunders Lewis)
Iconic 1956 Welsh verse drama.
1956

Names connected to Siwan.

The number behind Siwan.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Siwan reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.