Save Gender Feminine Usage Welsh Pronounced Pron. TON-wen [key] Meaning & History Means "white wave" in Welsh. Tonwen (or simply Gwen) was the mother of Saint Cybi and sister of Non (herself mother of Wales' patron saint, David). It was used by John Cowper Powys for a character in his novel 'Porius' (1951).
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