Given name
Gwendelyn
“one who is fair; of the white ring”
Gwendelyn is a variant of Gwendolyn. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gwendelyn 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
Gwendelyn 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gwendelyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 394
- 0 boys · 394 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 370 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.
Gwendelyn’s family of names
Gwendelyn has a related form in Gwendolyn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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