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Branwen at a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh Arthurian Legend Celtic
- Western numerology
- 5
- Indian numerology
- 8
- Characters
- 7
- Popular
- 182 family views
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What does Branwen mean?
Branwen is a baby name with Welsh, Arthurian Legend, Celtic context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is Beautiful raven Branwen was heroine of one of the tales of the Mabinogion; Daughter of Llyr; Sister of Bendigeidfran.
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Feminine of Tristan: noisy,full of sorrows Also a rhyming variant of Christa; outcry From the Celtic name Tristan In Arthurian legend Tristan was a Knight of the Round Table and tragic hero of the medieval tale Tristram and Isolde; Tumult
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Boy
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Diminutive of Brandon: Sword; Father of Caradoc or Caradawc; fiery hill; Raven; Variant of Bram: Raven
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Girl
Welsh
Fair Blessed White browed White circle; Gwendolen means white browed person White brows are the sig; Merlin's wife; Of the white brow
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Unisex
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Feminine of Tristan: noisy,full of sorrows Also a rhyming variant of Christa; outcry From the Celtic name Tristan In Arthurian legend Tristan was a Knight of the Round Table and tragic hero of the medieval tale Tristram and Isolde; Tumult
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