Meigwen as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Meigwen

What is the meaning of the name Meigwen ?

The baby name Meigwen is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmeɪɡwɛn/,MAYG-wen.

Meigwen is Welsh in Origin.

Meigwen is a rare modern Celtic feminine name formed from Welsh/Breton elements: Mei (Welsh for the month of May) and gwen (Welsh/Breton “white, fair, blessed”). It thus carries the sense “fair/blessed May” or “the fair one of May,” echoing traditional Welsh compounds ending in -wen. While classical Welsh morphology often lenites gwen to wen in compounds, this spelling preserves the base form gwen, a choice seen in some contemporary coinages.

Documented only in recent decades, Meigwen appears sporadically in Wales, Brittany, and the wider Anglophone world amid renewed interest in Celtic names. Close relatives and variants include Meiwen, Maïwenn/Maiwen (Breton), and Mairwen (Welsh “Mary + fair”); Maegwen also occurs as an alternate spelling. The root gwen links Meigwen to a wider family of names such as Gwen, Gwenna, and Gwendolen. Usage remains uncommon, giving Meigwen a distinctive yet culturally grounded profile.

⚙ Meigwen turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.