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Etymologically ignorant people and tryndeez aren't confied to North America (though they do seem a lot more common here!), and I think Welsh folks who use -wyn for girls either aren't aware of the grammatical/etymological inappropriateness of it, or don't care. In any case, -wyn for girls is a 20th-century phenomenon, and to me is like using Francis for a girl in English *coughlikeBrookeShieldscough*.

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See here for a more detailed discussion on Branwen, Bronwen, and other like names: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/branwen.shtml. They also briefly discuss the -wyn problem in their article about Ceridwen and related names: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/ceridwen.shtml.