Gwalchmai
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From Gwalchmai, probably ‘hawk of the plain/field’; earliest citation: 1406 Dd ap Eign Gwalchmay
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country
Gwalchmai is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
- NLNetherlands
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Gwalchmai, probably ‘hawk of the plain/field’; earliest citation: 1406 Dd ap Eign Gwalchmay.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Welsh Surnames
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Gwalchmai is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Welsh, From the Welsh personal name Gwalchmai; earliest citation 1557 (Hugh ap gr fil Gwalmay gr.).
as a nameWelsh Surnames
Welsh: traditional name composed of the elements gwalch hawk + mai plain. In the Mabinogi , Gwalchmai (or Gwalchmei ) is the name of one of King Arthur's nine captains, ‘the most distinguished for his fighting ability and his noble bearing’.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Gwalchmai ap Meilyrb. 1150Welsh poet
- Gwalchmai ap DafyddWelsh harpist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)3 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Welsh Surnames (Morgan & Morgan, 1985) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gwalchmai mean, and where does it come from?
- From Gwalchmai, probably ‘hawk of the plain/field’; earliest citation: 1406 Dd ap Eign Gwalchmay. Recorded by Welsh Surnames.
- In which country does Gwalchmai have the most bearers?
- Gwalchmai is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gwalchmai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.