Bronwyn is a feminine given name, a variant of the mostly feminine name Bronwen/Branwen, literally meaning "White Raven (or Crow)" or, abstractly, "White Breast" (from bran, raven, and bron ("breast") and [g]wen ("white, fair, blessed)".[1] Because the suffix -wyn is grammatically masculine in Welsh, Bronwyn is a spelling generally only used for female names in the English-speaking world outside Wales. The name may refer to:
People
edit- Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), Australian artist
- Bronwyn Bishop (born 1942), Australian politician
- Bronwyn Calver (born 1969), Australian cricketer
- Bronwyn Drainie (born 1945), Canadian journalist
- Bronwyn Eagles (born 1980), Australian athlete
- Bronwyn Eyre (born 1971), Canadian provincial politician
- Bronwyn Halfpenny (born 1963), Australian politician
- Bronwyn Hayward, New Zealand political scientist
- Bronwyn Hill (born 1960), British civil servant
- Bronwyn Labrum, New Zealand cultural historian and author
- Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, South African writer, editor, publisher and professor
- Bronwyn Lea (born 1969), Australian writer
- Bronwyn Lundberg, American digital artist and painter
- Bronwyn Mayer (born 1974), Australian water polo player
- Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006), Australian sculptor
- Bronwyn Pike (born 1956), Australian politician
- Bronwyn Thompson (born 1978), Australian athlete
Fictional characters
edit- Bronwyn Bruntley, in the book series Miss Peregrine, and in the film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Bronwyn Davies, in the Australian television series Neighbours
- Bronwyn Jones, in the British animated television series Fireman Sam, titular Sam's sister-in-law, mother of James and Sarah
- Bronwyn Moir, a fictional character and villain in the 2019 comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
- Bronwyn Rojas, in the book One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
- Bronwyn, a fictional virgin bride from the 1965 Charlton Heston movie The War Lord
- Bronwyn, in the American television series Adventure Time, is Kim Kil Whan's daughter and Jake and Lady Rainicorn's granddaughter
- Bronwyn, is a character played by Nazanin Boniadi in The Rings of Power television series by Amazon Studios. The character does not appear in the Legendarium, and was created for the show.
References
edit- ^ Behind the Name. "Given Name Bronwen". Retrieved on 22 January 2016.