The Conwy Family Name

If your family name is Conwy, its origin lies with Conway, a long-established Irish surname. Conwy is listed among the recognised spellings of Conway. Name scholars give the meaning as “Anglicized form of several Gaelic names”. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

The same family of names includes Conaway and Conoway.

Arms linked to Conway and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Conwy family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.