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Origin of the name WENNA.
Etymology of the name WENNA.
Meaning of the baby name WENNA.
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WENNA. Cornish
name, meaning "the fair," from Celtic wen,
"fair," or poetically, "a woman." (A Glossary of
Cornish Names, Ancient and Modern, &c., Bannister, 1871).
In the
parish of St. Wenn there was, according to the Parochial History of
Cornwall, a holy well dedicated to St. Wenna, grand-daughter of
Brechan, King of Wales. The Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma writes of this
saint: "She was martyred by the Saxon heathens in Wales, but
probably lived in St. Wenn parish and consecrated it to God's
service." The water of this well was at one time used for
baptismal purposes; but that must have been very many years ago, for the
inhabitants of St. Wenn village, both old and young, in answer to
inquiries, declared that they had never even heard of the well; there
appeared to be neither trace nor recollection of it remaining... (Ancient
and Holy Wells of Cornwall, Quiller-Couch, 1894).
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