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Well, Welsh speakers would assume that a name where the spelling was -wyn at the end was a male form. But that doesn't mean that the spelling "Annwyn" has ever been used as a male name in Wales. The Welsh mythological place seems to be spelled as Annwn or Annwfn in Welsh. So "Annwyn" would be a modern creation based on the ancient Welsh word, and wouldn't necessarily have any currency as a word or a name in Wales itself.

These kids were in South Africa, and probably couldn't have found Wales on a map. They rejected it because they'd never heard it before, and it was therefore wrong! This was very much their approach to anything outside their limited little world, poor things. They also assumed that it must in some way be posh or pretentious, as if a Smith called herself Smythe and insisted on having it pronounced smaidh. Young Annwen was quite right to duck out of the issue, unfortunately: it would not have had a happy conclusion!

I would assume that in the "non-Welsh working class neighborhood" there was prejudice against the Welsh, so that any obviously Welsh name would have led to teasing or harrassment.

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That would only be a factor in England, because there wouldn't be much specifically anti-Welsh prejudice in other parts of the English speaking world. :)