Alwyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-win
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Alwyn is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “elf friend or noble friend”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Alwyn mean?
Old English: from Aelfwine or Aethelwine; also long used in Wales
“elf friend or noble friend”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alwyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Alwyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alwyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Alwyn, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alwyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Alwyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Alwyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Alwyn, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Alwyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alwyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
Names like Alwyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arthur, Alfred, Archie, Wilfred, Leo, Reuben, Teddy, Louie, Albert, Edward, Henry, Otis
Names related to Alwyn
More Old English names
Alfie, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund, Kelsey, Alvin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alwyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alwyn, updated 20 October 2026.