Given name
Gwendalyn
“one who is fair; of the white ring”
Gwendalyn is a variant of Gwendolyn. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gwendalyn is a variant of Gwendolyn. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gwendalyn is a variant of Gwendolyn. An origin associated with Gwendolyn is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gwendalyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,207
- 0 boys · 1,207 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,636 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,636 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 875 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gwendalyn’s family of names
Gwendalyn has a related form in Gwendolyn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gwendalyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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