Gwendolyn


Gender:
Origin: Welsh
45 famous people named Gwendolyn found on Wikipedia.
118613 female, 333 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 372-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 112-th in year 1953
Used in: English, Welsh

Meanings

A female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white.”.

Gwendolyn is a feminine given name, a variant spelling of Gwendolen (perhaps influenced by names such as Carolyn, Evelyn and Marilyn). This has been the most popular spelling in the United States.

Fem. proper name; the first element is Breton gwenn "white" (source also of Welsh gwyn, Old Irish find, Gaelic fionn, Gaulish vindo- "white, shining," literally "visible"), from nasalized form of PIE root *weid- "to see."

White ring, white bow. Combine of gwen (white, fair, blessed) and dolen (ring, loop).

Famous People: 45 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Gwendolyn Osborne 1978 British model
2 Gwendolyn Brooks 1917 American writer
3 Gwendolyn Garcia 1955 Filipino politician
4 Gwendolyn Watts 1932 British actress
5 Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer American show jumper
6 Gwendolyn B. Bennett 1902 American writer
7 Gwendolyn MacEwen 1941 Canadian writer
8 Gwendolyn Knight 1913 American artist
9 Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong American pioneer
10 Gwendolyn Midlo Hall 1929 Historian from America
11 Gwendolyn Lizarraga 1901
12 Gwendolyn Rutten 1975 Flemish politician
13 Gwendolyn Wright American historian
14 Gwendolyn Lau 1975 American actress
15 Gwendolyn Audrey Foster 1960 American academic
16 Gwendolyn von Ambesser 1949 German actress
17 Gwendolyn King 1940 American business woman
18 Gwendolyn Faison 1925 American politician
19 Gwendolyn B. Ecleo, MDMG 1974 Filipino politician
20 Gwendolyn Masin 1977 Dutch musician
21 Gwendolyn Yates Whittle 1961 Sound Editor
22 Gwendolyn Zepeda 1971 American writer
23 Gwendolyn Bradley American singer
24 Gwendolyn T. Britt 1941 American politician
25 Gwendolyn American actress and singer
26 Gwendolyn Killebrew 1939 American contralto
27 Gwendolyn Galsworth American educationist
28 Gwendolyn Sasse British political scientist and university professor
29 Gwendolyn Wilson Fowler 1907
30 Gwendolyn Jones
31 Gwendolyn Cartledge 1943 American educationist
32 Gwendolyn M. Miller American politician
33 Gwendolyn Holbrow 1957 American artist
34 Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transgender woman who founded Transgender Remembrance Day
35 Gwendolyn Lycett Figure skater
36 Gwendolyn Logan 1881
37 Gwendolyn Lemaitre 1986 French yacht racer
38 Gwendolyn Bowers American author
39 Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw 1968
40 Gwendolyn Rucker 1990 American volleyball player and basketball player
41 Gwendolyn Black 1911 Canadian musician and social activist
42 Gwendolyn Toth
43 Gwendolyn Pates 1891 American actor (1891-1970)
44 Gwendolyn Pang Secretary General of the Philippine Red Cross
45 Gwendolyn Koldofsky 1906 Canadian music educator