Entry № 3010 · Welsh origin

Enfys Enfys — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EN-vis /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Rainbow"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Welsh)

A name that means "rainbow".

Enfys is the Welsh word for "rainbow." Used as a modern Welsh feminine name.

Enfys is widely used in Wales.

Rainbow. The Welsh arch.

The name in its native script.

Enfys
Transliteration
Enfys
Pronunciation
/ ˈɛn.vɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Enfys stands.

Enfys does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Enfyss before her.

Real people
Enfys Nest
Pirate captain in Solo.
In fiction
Enfys Nest
Pirate captain in Solo: A Star Wars Story.
2018 film

Names connected to Enfys.

The number behind Enfys.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Enfys reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.