Wynn baronets

There have been two baronetcies created in the 17th and 18th centuries for persons with the same surname, Wynn; these titles were given to families from North Wales, United Kingdom:

  1. The Wynn of Gwydir baronetcy was in the List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England (1611), descendants of the baronetcy intermarried into different families.
  2. The Wynn of Bodvean baronetcy (Bodfaen/Boduan)[1] was listed in the Baronetage of Great Britain (1742), and the family has since assumed a different title.

The surname Wynn is derived from Welsh: gwyn (which can mean "white" or "blessed"),[2][3] (soft mutation form wyn). The family name Wynn originates from North Wales. The first mention of the Wynn family of Gwydir was recorded by the children of Maredudd ap Ifan (died 1525), and the name was subsequently adopted as a surname by Maredudd's grandchildren, including Maurice Wynn (died 1580), ancestor of the Wynns of Gwydir; whereas the Wynns of Bodvean (subsequently Baron Newborough) descended from John Wyn ap Hugh (John Wynne, died 1576).

  1. ^ "Bodvean, Boduan, or Bodfaen, Carnarvonshire". ukga.org. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Meaning and Origin of the Name Wyn". welshboysnames.co.uk. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ With a range of related meanings, such as "fair-haired" and "darling", which could have originated as a personal epithet. See the entry for "gwyn" in the University of Wales Dictionary (geiriadur.ac.uk).