Bronwen

Bron-WEN.

Having a girl at my school called Bronwen, I know that it is pronounced Bron-Wen (Bron - as it is spelt and like the name Don, not Brahn or Brawn or anything American like that! Wen - exactly the same as how you'd say When, unless you say the "h" in it that's MEANT to be silent!)

I concur with the statement that ‘Bron’ should be pronounced just as it is spelt: the problem may be that American English does not use the short, rounded ‘o’ vowel-sound that is so common in both Welsh and British English. To British ears, American pronunciations of ‘dog’ are either ‘dahg’ or ‘dawg’. Though it is not clear why this should lead to the instruction to pronounce ‘Bronwen’ as ‘Brahnwen’ it is a fact that that is how most American speakers will pronounce it, as they do not, or perhaps cannot, pronounce the required vowel.

I could be wrong, but according to Welsh, it should be pronounced more like "BRON-wen" as in "groan".