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Gwendolene
OriginVariation of Gwendolen, Welsh
Meaning"white ring, circle"
US RankUnranked
Below 5 births
About Gwendolene
A variation of the ancient Welsh name, Gwendolen, notably used in South Africa and occasionally in the UK and the US too. This is also the form of the name that appears in Edmund Spenser's 16th-century poem, The Faerie Queene.
Derived from Welsh to mean "white ring", the traditional form appears in various English and Welsh legends, as a queen of the Britons, a fairy with whom king Arthur fell in love, and as the wife of the wizard Merlin.
Pronounced GWEN-duh-leen.
As of October 2026, Gwendolene ranked #4521 for girls in US births in 1918 SSA.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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