Gender: Girl
Meaning: Great or rocky hill
Origin: Irish/Gaelic
Popularity: Ranked #1345 in 2024 with 169 babies born.
History: Arwen surged in the 2000s-2010s from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The elven princess embodied beauty and sacrifice. Arwen means fantasy literature shaping American naming — Tolkien's legacy lives.
Similar names: aaren, areen, aren, arena, areni, afreen, ahren, airen
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Arwen? About 1 in 19,695 babies born in 2024 were named Arwen, or roughly 0.5 per day in the United States.
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