Bronwyn
Appearance
Bronwyn is a Welsh feminine given name, a variant of the mostly feminine name Bronwen/Branwen, literally meaning "White Raven (or Crow)" or, abstractly, "White Breast" (from bran, raven, and bron ("breast") and [g]wen ("white, fair, blessed)".[1] Because the suffix -wyn is grammatically masculine in Welsh, Bronwyn is a spelling generally only used for female names in the English-speaking world outside Wales. The name may refer to:
People
[edit]- Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), Australian artist
- Bronwyn Bishop (born 1942), Australian politician
- Bronwyn Calver (born 1969), Australian cricketer
- Bronwyn Drainie (born 1945), Canadian journalist
- Bronwyn Eagles (born 1980), Australian athlete
- Bronwyn Eyre (born 1971), Canadian provincial politician
- Bronwyn Halfpenny (born 1963), Australian politician
- Bronwyn Hayward, New Zealand political scientist
- Bronwyn Hill (born 1960), British civil servant
- Bronwyn Labrum, New Zealand cultural historian and author
- Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, South African writer, editor, publisher and professor
- Bronwyn Lea (born 1969), Australian writer
- Bronwyn Lundberg, American digital artist and painter
- Bronwyn Mayer (born 1974), Australian water polo player
- Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006), Australian sculptor
- Bronwyn Pike (born 1956), Australian politician
- Bronwyn Thompson (born 1978), Australian athlete
Fictional characters
[edit]- Bronwyn Bruntley, in the book series Miss Peregrine, and in the film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Bronwyn Davies, in the Australian television series Neighbours
- Bronwyn Jones, in the British animated television series Fireman Sam, titular Sam's sister-in-law, mother of James and Sarah
- Bronwyn Moir, a fictional character and villain in the 2019 comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
- Bronwyn Rojas, in the book One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
- Bronwyn, a fictional virgin bride from the 1965 Charlton Heston movie The War Lord
- Bronwyn, in the American television series Adventure Time, is Kim Kil Whan's daughter and Jake and Lady Rainicorn's granddaughter
- Bronwyn, is a character played by Nazanin Boniadi in The Rings of Power television series by Amazon Studios. The character does not appear in the Legendarium, and was created for the show.
References
[edit]- ^ Behind the Name. "Given Name Bronwen". Retrieved on 22 January 2016.