Gwen


Gender:
Origin: Welsh
109 famous people named Gwen found on Wikipedia.
30171 female, 294 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 907-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 295-th in year 1959
Used in: English, Welsh

Meanings

A female given name, form of Gwendolyn or Guenevere.

Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy". It can be a shortened form of Gwenhwÿfar (Guinevere) or other names beginning with the same element, such as:
Gwenaëlle (modern feminine form of Breton Gwenaël)
Gwenda (explained as a compound of gwen "white, pure, blessed, holy" + da "good, well")
Gwendolen
Gwendoline
Gwendolyn
Gwendolyne
Gweneira (from gwen "white" + eira "snow")
Gwenfair (combination of gwen "blessed, holy" + -fair, soft mutation of Mair "(the Virgin) Mary")
Gwenffrewi (Breton: Gwenvred)
Gwenfron (from gwen "white" + fron, mutated form of bron "breast"; cf. Bronwen)
Gwenith (identical to the Welsh word for "wheat")
Gwenyth
Gwenllian
Gwennant (compound of gwen "white" + nant "stream, brook")
Gwenola (modern feminized form of Breton Gwenole)
Gwendog (animal form of Gwenaëlle)

Fem. proper name, typically short for Gwendolyn.

From Welsh gwen, form of gwyn. Means: white, bright, fair, pure, blessed, holy.

Famous People: 109 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Gwen Stefani 1969 American singer-songwriter
2 Gwen Ifill 1955 American journalist, television newscaster and author
3 Gwen Stacy Fictional character
4 Gwen Verdon 1925 American actor-singer
5 Gwen Jorgensen 1986 American triathlete
6 Gwen Taylor 1939 British actress
7 Gwen Graham 1963 American attorney, politician and member of the Democratic Party
8 Gwen Zamora 1991 Actress
9 Gwen Guthrie 1950 American singer-songwriter
10 Gwen McCrae 1943 American musician
11 Gwen John 1876 Welsh painter
12 Gwen Sebastian 1974 American singer
13 Gwen Welles 1951 Actress
14 Gwen Garci 1981 Actress
15 Gwen Watford 1927 Actress
16 Gwen Winthrop
17 Gwen Torrence 1965 American sprinter
18 Gwen Harwood 1920 Australian poet
19 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 1891 Actress
20 Gwen Character in the television series Merlin
21 Gwen Gordy Fuqua 1927 American businesswoman and musician
22 Gwen Shamblin 1955 American writer
23 Gwen Raverat 1885 British artist
24 Gwen Norbeck Munson
25 Gwen Frostic 1906 American artist
26 Gwen Bingham 1959 American general
27 Gwen Bristow 1903 American author and journalist
28 Gwen Lee 1904 Actress, model
29 Gwen Tennyson
30 Gwen Margolis 1934 American politician
31 Gwen Priscilla 1990
32 Gwen Plumb 1912 Australian actress
33 Gwen Obertuck 1980 American musician
34 Gwen Lister 1953 Namibian journalist
35 Gwen Moffat 1924 British writer
36 Gwen Berry 1989 American female hammer thrower
37 Gwen Humble 1953 American actress
38 Gwen Arner 1932 American actress and director
39 Gwen Nelson 1901 British actress
40 Gwen Teirbron
41 Gwen Hennessey 1932 American activist
42 Gwen Meredith 1907 Australian writer
43 Gwen Cherry 1923 Teacher, state legislator, and lawyer in Florida, United States
44 Gwen van Poorten 1989 Dutch presenter
45 Gwen Cooper American novelist
46 Gwen Shepherd American actress
47 Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde 1955 South African politician
48 Gwen Crellin 1917
49 Gwen Davis 1936 American writer
50 Gwen de Bonneval 1973 French screenwriter
51 Gwen Boniface Canadian politician
52 Gwen Adshead 1960 Forensic psychotherapist, academic
53 Gwen Wakeling 1901 American costume designer
54 Gwen Summers 1978 American pornographic actress
55 Gwen Thompson 1947 Canadian musician
56 Gwen Lux 1908 American artist
57 Gwen Wetzler American animator
58 Gwen Jackson 1980 American women's basketball player
59 Gwen Freeman American radio host
60 Gwen Gaze 1915 Actress
61 Gwen Eckhaus 1960 Dutch actor
62 Gwen Westerman
63 Gwen Howard 1945 American politician
64 Gwen Catley 1906 English coloratura soprano
65 Gwen Moore
66 Gwen O'Mahony Canadian politician
67 Gwen Hughes 1960 American singer, songwriter and actress
68 Gwen Bell 1934 American museum president
69 Gwen ferch Ellis 1550 First woman on record tried for witchcraft in Wales
70 Gwen Salmond 1877 English artist
71 Gwen Griffiths 1967 South African runner
72 Gwen Pharis Ringwood 1910 Playwright
73 Gwen Somerset 1894
74 Gwen Fenton First woman to hold this position
75 Gwen Pol 1988 Dutch presenter, actor and journalist
76 Gwen Grant 1940 English writer
77 Gwen Sterry 1905 British tennis player
78 Gwen Munro 1915 Australian actress
79 Gwen Barringer 1882 Australian woman painter
80 Gwen Cheeseman 1951 American field hockey player
81 Gwen Bagni
82 Gwen Utz 1900
83 Gwen Charles 1949 Canadian politician
84 Gwen Hollington 1919 Bletchley Park translator
85 Gwen Matthewman 1927 English knitter
86 Gwen Berrou Belgian actress
87 Gwen Klingler American politician
88 Gwen Buck 1929 British paralympic athlete
89 Gwen Hardie 1962 Scottish artist
90 Gwen Thiele Australian tennis player
91 Gwen Le Gouil 1975 French television journalist
92 Gwen Garnier-Duguy 1972
93 Gwendolyn Gillen 1941 American sculptor
94 Gwen Cresens 1975 Belgian composer
95 Gwen Davies
96 Gwen Giabbani 1972 French motorcycle racer
97 Gwen Gardner 1960 American female sprinter
98 Gwen Smid 1979 Writer
99 Gwen B. Giles
100 Gwen Sutherland Cricketer
101 Gwen Rakotovao
102 Gwen Smith
103 Gwen Pritchard Jones
104 Gwen Jegou 1931
105 Gwen Norman 1950 American sprinter
106 Gwen Nagel 1946
107 Gwen Thomas 1945 American artist
108 Gwen Kinsey 1974
109 Gwen ferch Cynyr 0600