Myfanwy
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Myfanwy is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Myfanwy mean?
Welsh
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Myfanwy a girl's or a boy's name?
Myfanwy 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 Myfanwy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Myfanwy, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Myfanwy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. 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.
Myfanwy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
Names like Myfanwy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Molly, Mary, Emily, Eleanor, Lucy, Madeline, Naomi, Madeleine, Zoe, Charlotte, Melissa, Holly
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, “Myfanwy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/myfanwy, updated 20 October 2026.