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The name Gwendolyn peaked for boys at #2035 in 1937. Gwendolyn is also used for girls, ranking #360 in 2025.

The name Gwendolyn is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "white ring".

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One spelling variation that's more popular than the original, this somewhat old-fashioned name might be in honor of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African-American to win a Pulitzer prize for poetry, or may be a way to get to the modern short form Gwen.
<br/><br/>In the Oscar Wilde play, the character's name is spelled the traditional Welsh way, Gwendolen, as it was for one of the principal characters in George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, and Gwendolen was also Merlin's wife in Arthurian legend.

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The name Gwendolyn is currently ranked #360 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #112 in 1953. The name is most popular in GWENDOLYN, GWENDOLYN, and GWENDOLYN. Gwendolyn is occasionally used for boys in 1974.

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