| Blodwen | Seren | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | White flowers | Star |
| Origin | welsh | welsh |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | BLOD-wen | SEH-ren |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 1981 |
| Peak year | 1913 (8) | 2016 (62) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 50 |
| Trend | Steady | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Blodwen | Seren |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 0 | 214 |
| 2010s | 0 | 471 |
| 2000s | 0 | 255 |
| 1990s | 0 | 62 |
| 1980s | 0 | 24 |
| 1920s | 11 | 0 |
| 1910s | 14 | 0 |
| 1890s | 11 | 0 |
From Welsh 'blodau' (flowers) + 'gwen' (white, blessed, holy), so 'white flowers' (or 'blessed flowers'). Known from Joseph Parry's 1878 Welsh opera 'Blodwen'.
The modern Welsh word for 'star', a popular girls' name in Wales. (A separate Turkish surname Seren is unrelated.)
Seren is more popular than Blodwen today: about 50 US babies were given the name Seren in 2025, compared with 0 named Blodwen.
Blodwen means White flowers (welsh origin), while Seren means Star (welsh origin).
In US records, Blodwen first appears in 0 and Seren in 1981, so Blodwen has the longer recorded history.