Comments for the name Myfanwy

My name is also Myfanwy but with a double F. It aso means: My fine one.

I must disagree with your 'meaning' for the name 'Myfanwy'. As I understand it, Myfanwy means 'my dearest'. myf - my, anwy - derived from 'annwyl' which means dear. I am Welsh, therefore believe that I have some background information for defining this name.

Name of a character in BBC series Little Britain.

"The New Amerian Dictionary of Baby Names" by Leslie Dunkling and William Gosling says that Myfanwy means 'my fine one' or 'my rare one'.

This name is a bit rude if you get what I mean.

This is what I believe the pterodactyl on "Torchwood" was nicknamed by the cast.

I know a girl named Myfanwy. It's a cool-sounding name, but almost everyone mispronounces it.

Myfanwy is the name of a Welsh song written by Joseph Parry.

It is also the name of writers Edward and Helen Thomas's youngest daughter, Helen Elizabeth Myfanwy Thomas (who was known privately and professionally as Myfanwy).

I looked at this name and I was like, what? My fanny?! Fanny means butt.

Myfanwy is pronounced mi-VAN-wee.

Myf Warhurst is an Australian radio host and team captain for ABC's Spicks and Specks. I heard somewhere Myf was short for Myfawny. Myf is a nice nickname.

Stunning! I don't think it reminds me of "my fanny". It looks Welsh / Celtic when looking at it. Not American, as in fanny, which is just American slang anyway. I would name my daughter this, but would more so use it for a middle name. The meaning is beautiful. I added it to my list.

In the Welsh language a single f is pronounced as a v not an f. The whole name is roughly pronounced as Mi-Van-We.

Overall I like it, but I could never actually name someone this. It looks too much like "my fanny." And while "fanny" may be a cute, silly word for one's backside in American slang, it's something far more vulgar in British slang.

Myfanwy is a horrible name, which reminds me of "my fanny"!

My name's Myffanwy too! Wow! I know one other person with the name Myfanwy. But she lives halfway across the world in Canada! Myffanwy. It's so uncommon it's not even funny! I love it though. It's unique!

I love this name. Reminds me of the beautiful love song Myfanwy, which is supposed to be considered old fashioned in Wales, but I still think it's exquisite. "Oh have I hurt you so, Myfanwy, That you should feel such hate for me?" So beautiful. Though in some English versions of the song, "Myfanwy" is substituted with "Arabella", which takes the beauty away.

I don't know why people are explaining that Myffanwy must be pronounced with a V as it is a double f - the entry for this name clearly shows it spelled with a single f.

In Britain and Australian, the "fanny" means the "vagina", which makes this name sound even worse there.

Myfanwy is the name of the youngest child of the "rake" character from the Decemberists' album "The Hazards of Love." She is the only one of his children to escape being murdered by him, since she dies at birth. In the song, it sounds as though her name is pronounced "Mah-fan-wee." I think it sounds cute.

For the record, I don't think it looks anything like 'fanny.' How could it, with that w right smack at the end?

A lot of Welsh names are nice, but not this one. The meaning sounds like something that a man would want to rename his girlfriend.

I think the double F is horrible, but I love the proper pronunciation of Myfanwy. If I were to use it in America, I would probably spell it in another way to avoid the constant mispronunciation (like Mivanwy or something). I usually hate misspellings of traditional names, but I would hate to force that burden upon a little girl.

Absurd name with a dumb meaning.

Proof that some people will say they like ANY name if it happens to have a trendy 'Celtic' origin. Apart from the whole 'my fanny' thing it also has 'wee' (brit slang for urine) at the end of it. Not a pleasant name.

It does look a lot like "my fanny". On top of that, it means "my woman", which sounds a little derogatory towards women.

It's muh VAN wee, actually. Y is almost always pronounced like English uh unless it's in the final syllable.

- Welsh person.