Awen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-wen
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Awen is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “poetic inspiration, muse”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Awen mean?
Welsh: Welsh word awen
“poetic inspiration, muse”
In Welsh bardic tradition awen is the divine inspiration of poets, shown in modern druidry as three rays of light.
Is Awen a girl's or a boy's name?
Awen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Awen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Awen, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Awen than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Awen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Awen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Awen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Seren Eden Ava Imogen Aoife Autumn Wren Phoebe Isla Daisy Poppy Ayla
Names related to Awen
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
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, “Awen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/awen, updated 20 October 2026.