Given name
Gwendolin
“one who is fair; of the white ring”
Gwendolin is a variant of Gwendolyn. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gwendolin 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
Gwendolin 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 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gwendolin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 0 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 237 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.
Gwendolin’s family of names
Gwendolin has a related form in Gwendolyn. Gwendolin has a related form in Gwendolen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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