Lewyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-in
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Lewyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Lewyn mean?
Welsh: spelling of Llewyn; Welsh-style name, related to Llywelyn
Familiar from Inside Llewyn Davis, the 2013 Coen brothers film about a folk singer in 1960s New York.
Meaning borrowed from Llewyn.
Is Lewyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lewyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lewyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Lewyn, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 112 boys in the UK were given Lewyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #414, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Lewyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
Names like Lewyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan Robin Rory Hudson Lochlan Roman Louie Levi Oakley Tommy Teddy Brody
Other spellings of Lewyn
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, “Lewyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lewyn, updated 20 October 2026.