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View Name: Branwen


BRANWEN
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNCED: BRAN-wen   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "beautiful raven" from Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "fair, white, blessed". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, she is the sister of the British king Bran and the wife of the Irish king Matholwch.
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