Gwydion
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GWID-ee-on
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Gwydion is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Gwydion mean?
Welsh
Gwydion is the trickster magician of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, the medieval Welsh tales.
Is Gwydion a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwydion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwydion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Gwydion, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gwydion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Gwydion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Gwydion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Rhydian, Callan, Conan, Bryn, Conlan, Kenan, Cassian, Casian, Orhan, Conn, Brayen
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, “Gwydion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwydion, updated 20 October 2026.