The baby name Corwyn is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOR-win (IPA: /ˈkɔːrwɪn/ or /ˈkɔrwɪn/).
The baby name Corwyn is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOR-win (IPA: /ˈkɔːrwɪn/ or /ˈkɔrwɪn/).
Corwyn is English, Welsh in Origin.
Corwyn is a modern given-name spelling of the English surname Corwin, itself linked to the northern surname Curwen of Cumbria. Scholars offer competing etymologies: some see a hybrid of Norman French coeur “heart” and Old English wine “friend,” yielding the appealing folk sense “friend of the heart”; others trace it to the Curwen place-name tradition in northwestern England. The raven imagery of Latin Corvinus and the sound-alike Corbin have also influenced reinterpretation.
Use as a first name is rare before the 20th century, but it gained notice in the Anglophone world after the 1970s through Roger Zelazny’s character Corwin in The Chronicles of Amber; the -wyn spelling feels Welsh, echoing Carwyn (caru “love” + gwyn “blessed/fair”) and the town name Corwen. Variants and relatives include Corwin, Korwin, Curwen, Kerwin/Kirwan, Carwyn, Corvin, and Corben/Corbin; diminutives include Cory and Wyn.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Boys | 2009 | #324 | 5 | 2,429 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #887 | 6 | 7,044 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
Corwyn is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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