Bronwen
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| name = Bronwen
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| gender = Feminine
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| origin = Welsh bron "breast" + -wen, soft mutation of gwen "fair""white"
| related names = Branwen (associated by sound), Bronwyn (variant spelling – technically masculine)
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Bronwen ({{IPA|cy|ˈbrɔnwɛn}}) is a Welsh feminine given name. It is closely associated with the similar name Branwen, which appears in medieval Welsh literature.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Heather Rose |title=Concerning the Names Branwen, Bronwen and the Like |publisher=MedievalScotland.org |date=25 September 1997 |url=http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/branwen.shtml |accessdate=2 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729021025/http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/branwen.shtml |archive-date=29 July 2012 |url-status=dead }} Used in Wales since the 19th century, it was introduced to the English-speaking public at large by a character in the Richard Llewellyn novel How Green Was My Valley (1939).Sheard, K. M. (2011), {{Google books|FVyHTUQnnBgC|Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names|page=110}}, p. 110, {{ISBN|9780738723686}}.
Notable bearers of the name include:
- Bronwen Astor (1930–2017), English model
- Dame Bronwen Holdsworth (born 1943), New Zealand businesswoman and arts patron
- Bronwen Dickey (born 1981), American author
- Bronwen Hughes, Canadian film director
- Bronwen Knox, Australian water polo centre back/centre forward
- Bronwen Maher (born 1957), Irish politician
- Bronwen Manby, British human rights scholar and lobbyist
- Bronwen Mantel (born 1950), Canadian actress
- Bronwen Saunders (born 1978), Canadian curler
- Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989), Canadian poet and short story writer