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Meinir Meinir — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Tall slim maiden (Welsh foundational)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "tall slim maiden (welsh foundational)".

Meinir is from the Welsh Meinirtall slim maiden, graceful young woman + foundational from Welsh main (slim/slender). A modern American baby name in the broader Welsh-Celtic heritage aesthetic. Meinir is one of the foundational Welsh feminine names — central to traditional Welsh cultural heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Meinir folk tale — foundational Welsh legend of foundational bride who hid from her bridegroom Rhys on their wedding day + foundational was found years later as foundational tree-trunk skeleton + foundational central to foundational Welsh folklore + foundational Cwm Glas (Snowdonia) + foundational Nant Gwynant foundational Welsh folkloric heritage. Notable bearer: Meinir Gwilym (born 1983) foundational Welsh singer-songwriter + foundational pioneering Welsh-language pop music + foundational Sgwarnogod Bach Bobi. Foundational subject of foundational pan-Welsh Celtic naming heritage spanning foundational Meinir + Meinwen + Mererid + Manon. Foundational subject of foundational Welsh language post-1967 revival heritage + foundational Conradh na Gymraeg + Eisteddfod cultural festival heritage. Foundational Welsh feminine name reflecting Celtic Indigenous heritage.

Featured throughout Welsh heritage.

Tall slim maiden (Welsh). Foundational Welsh-Celtic feminine + foundational Welsh Meinir tall slim maiden + graceful young woman + foundational from Welsh main slim/slender + foundational Meinir folk tale + foundational Welsh legend of bride who hid from her bridegroom Rhys on their wedding day + foundational was found years later as tree-trunk skeleton + foundational Welsh folklore + foundational Cwm Glas Snowdonia + foundational Nant Gwynant foundational Welsh folkloric heritage + foundational Meinir Gwilym born 1983 foundational Welsh singer-songwriter + foundational pioneering Welsh-language pop music + foundational Sgwarnogod Bach Bobi + foundational pan-Welsh Celtic naming heritage Meinir + Meinwen + Mererid + Manon + foundational Welsh language post-1967 revival heritage + foundational Conradh na Gymraeg + Eisteddfod cultural festival heritage.

The name in its native script.

Meinir
Transliteration
Meinir
Pronunciation
/ ˈmeɪ.nɪər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Meinir stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Meinir · 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 · —

Meinirs before her.

Real people
Meinir Gwilym
Welsh singer-songwriter + pioneering Welsh-language pop music + Sgwarnogod Bach Bobi.
born 1983
In fiction
Meinir
Welsh folk tale of bride who hid from bridegroom + tree-trunk skeleton legend.
Welsh folklore

Names connected to Meinir.

The number behind Meinir.

5

The Free Spirit

Meinir reduces to five.

Why families chose this name.

"Welsh tall slim maiden. Six letters. Meinir."
Meleri · Mother of one · Caernarfon