Eirwyn is a masculine given name.

Origin and meaning

Eirwyn is a

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masculine given name meaning "white/blessed snow" and derives from the Welsh words " Eira" (snow) and " Gwyn" (white, fair or blessed).

Notable People

* Eirwyn George (born 1936), Welsh poet, writer and author * (1922–1994), Welsh carpenter, entertainer and nationalist (known as Eirwyn Pontshân or Pontsian) *

David Eirwyn Morgan David Eirwyn Morgan ( ; 23 April 1918 – 30 August 1982) was a minister, journalist and Welsh nationalist politician. Born in Pen-y-groes in Carmarthenshire, Morgan began preaching at an early age in the Baptist church in nearby Llandybie. ...

(1918–1982), Welsh minister, journalist and nationalist politician * John "Shôn" Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams (1935–2020), Welsh Professor of Engineering and Master of

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

Eurwyn

A variant is Eurwyn (; ) meaning "white/blessed gold" deriving from the

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" (gold) and " Gwyn" (white, fair, blessed). Notable people with this name include: * Eurwyn Wiliam, Welsh curator and author

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Notable People

Eurwyn

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