Arianwen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-ee-AN-wen
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
Arianwen is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “silver + white, blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies).
What does Arianwen mean?
Welsh
“silver + white, blessed”
Borne by a 5th-century Welsh saint, said to be a daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog.
Is Arianwen a girl's or a boy's name?
Arianwen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arianwen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Arianwen, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arianwen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Arianwen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Arianwen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Aria, Aurora, Ariella, Eden, Aurelia, Penelope, Athena, Ophelia, Ada, Wren, Eliana
Names related to Arianwen
Ariana, Arianna, Arianne, Ariane, Arianah, Ariannah, Arrianna
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arianwen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arianwen, updated 20 October 2026.