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Gwawr Gwawr — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GWOWR /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Dawn (Welsh foundational)"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "dawn (welsh foundational)".

Gwawr is from the Welsh Gwawrdawn, daybreak. A modern American baby name in the broader Welsh-Celtic heritage aesthetic. Gwawr is one of the foundational Welsh feminine names — central to traditional Welsh cultural heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational legendary Gwawr — foundational daughter of foundational Ceredig ap Cunedda foundational 5th-century Welsh prince + foundational eponymous founder of foundational Ceredigion county in Wales + foundational Cunedda Wledig + foundational central to foundational Welsh genealogical heritage + foundational Bonedd y Saint (Descent of the Saints) + foundational Cunedda foundational founder of foundational early Welsh kingdoms; foundational also Gwawr Hopkins Welsh activist + journalist. The foundational Welsh gwawr (dawn) is foundational central to foundational Welsh nature-naming heritage spanning Gwawr (dawn) + Gwawl (light) + Gwen (white/fair) + Gwyn (white) + foundational pan-Welsh Celtic Indigenous heritage + foundational Welsh language post-1967 revival heritage + foundational Eisteddfod foundational cultural festival heritage spanning foundational ~700 years. Foundational Welsh feminine name reflecting Celtic Indigenous heritage.

Featured throughout Welsh heritage.

Dawn (Welsh). Foundational Welsh-Celtic feminine + foundational Welsh Gwawr dawn + daybreak + foundational legendary Gwawr foundational daughter of Ceredig ap Cunedda foundational 5th-century Welsh prince + foundational eponymous founder of Ceredigion county in Wales + foundational Cunedda Wledig + foundational Welsh genealogical heritage + foundational Bonedd y Saint Descent of the Saints + foundational Cunedda foundational founder of early Welsh kingdoms + foundational Gwawr Hopkins Welsh activist + journalist + foundational Welsh gwawr dawn + foundational Welsh nature-naming heritage Gwawr dawn + Gwawl light + Gwen white/fair + Gwyn white + foundational pan-Welsh Celtic Indigenous heritage + foundational Welsh language post-1967 revival heritage + foundational Eisteddfod foundational cultural festival heritage + foundational ~700 years.

The name in its native script.

Gwawr
Transliteration
Gwawr
Pronunciation
/ ɡwaʊər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gwawr stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Gwawr · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Gwawrs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Gwawr
Daughter of Ceredig ap Cunedda + eponymous founder of Ceredigion county.
Welsh genealogical heritage

Names connected to Gwawr.

The number behind Gwawr.

3

The Communicator

Gwawr reduces to three.

Why families chose this name.

"Welsh dawn. Five letters. Gwawr."
Delyth · Mother of one · Aberystwyth