100%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Welsh Pronounced Pron. ar-YAN-wehn [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from Welsh arian "silver" and gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint, one of the supposed daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog. Categories beauty, blessed, colors, daughters, metals, producers, saints, silver, white