Gwendolyn

Variation of Gwendolen, Welsh

"white ring"

Gwendolyn Origin and Meaning

Variation of Gwen

Gwendolyn Rank in US Top 1000

# 393 in the US

Gwendolyn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 234 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gwendolyn

• 393 US 2024
• 234 Nameberry 2025
• 330 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Gwendolyn

• Gwendolyn "Gwen" Ifill American TV journalist
• Gwendolyn Bennett American poet and fiction writer
• Gwendolyn Bradley American operatic soprano
• Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks American poet
• Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen Canadian poet and novelist
• Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong American civil rights activist
• Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia Filipina politician
• Gwendolyn "Gwen" Guthrie American singer,songwriter
• Gwendolyn King American businesswoman and Social Security administrator
• Gwendolyn "Gwen" Watts English actress
• (Gwendolyn) Avril Coleridge Taylor, English pianist, conductor, and composer
• Gwendolyn Lee "Gwen" Byrd daughter of singer Tammy Wynette

The name Gwendolyn in Pop Culture

• Guendoloena (Gwendolen) Merlin's wife in some Arthurian legends (e.g. Vita Merlini)
• Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson character in animated series Ben,10
• Gwendolyn "Gwen" Stacy character in the Spider,Man series
• Gwendolyn "Winnie" Cooper a main character on TV's "The Wonder Years"
• Gwendolyn Post character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Gwendolyn "Gwen" Thompson character in American Girl film "Chrissa Stands Strong"
• Gwendolyn Shepherd character in the German Gem Trilogy
• Gwendolyn Sommerset character in video game "Ravenhearst "
• Gwendolyn character in video game "Odin Sphere"
• Gwendolyn Princess of Treecrest, character in "The Wide,Awake Princess" by E. D. Baker
• Gwendolyn “Gwen” character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"
• Gwendolyn "Gwen" Bouchard character in podcast "The Magnus Protocol"