57%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Welsh Meaning & History Derived from Welsh hedd "peace" and gwyn "white, blessed". This name has been given in honour of the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans (1887-1917), who used Hedd Wyn as his bardic name [1]. Related Names Rootshedd + gwyn Categories beauty, blessed, colors, heroes, pale, peace, poets, white, writers Sources & References Sheard, K. M. Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names. Llewellyn, 2017, page 274.