Elowyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LOH-win
- Origin
- Cornish
- UK rank, 2025
- #352 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #299 for girls
Elowyn is a girls' name of Cornish origin, meaning “elm tree”. In 2025 it ranked 352nd for girls in the UK (135 babies) and 299th for girls in the US (1,029 babies).
What does Elowyn mean?
Cornish: spelling of Elowen
“elm tree”
Variant spelling of Elowen, the Cornish word for elm tree.
Is Elowyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Elowyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 135 girls in the UK and 1,029 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elowyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #352among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 135about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 359% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 135 girls in the UK were named Elowyn, making it the 352nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th.
2025 had the most girls named Elowyn of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Elowyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 342nd in England and Wales, 474th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Elowyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #352 |
| 2024 | 114 | #416 |
| 2023 | 45 | #856 |
| 2022 | 45 | #847 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Elowyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #299among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,029about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 318% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,029 girls in the US were named Elowyn, making it the 299th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,201st. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most girls named Elowyn of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Elowyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,112 girls in the US were given Elowyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #300.
- Elowyn 1,029
- Elowynn 71
- Ellowynn 12
Elowyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,029 | #299 |
| 2024 | 699 | #446 |
| 2023 | 418 | #692 |
| 2022 | 317 | #877 |
| 2021 | 243 | #1,038 |
| 2020 | 191 | #1,201 |
| 2019 | 173 | #1,319 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2017 | 149 | #1,489 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Nicknames for Elowyn
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elowyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elodie Everly Maeva Eden Lyra Ivy-Rose Fiadh Isla Elara Indie Elora Nova
Other spellings of Elowyn
Names related to Elowyn
More Cornish names
Lowen Jennifer Jenna Denzel Merryn Lowenna Sennen Morwenna Demelza Jennah Senara Merrin Jena Zennor Kitto Lerryn
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, “Elowyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elowyn, updated 20 October 2026.