Given name
Gwendoline
“one who is fair; of the white ring”
In English use, Gwendoline has a related form in Gwendolyn. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gwendoline has a related form in Gwendolyn. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Gwendoline has a related form in 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 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gwendoline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 358
- 0 boys · 358 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,277 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,277 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 717 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.
Gwendoline’s family of names
In English usage, Gwendoline has a diminutive in GWENDY. In English usage, Gwendoline has a related form in Gwendolyn. In English usage, Gwendoline has a related form in Gwendolen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gwendoline has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gwendoline
- Gwendoline ChristieBritish actress (born 1978)
- Gwendoline Eastlake-SmithBritish tennis player (1883–1941)
- Gwendoline YeoSingaporean actressborn 1977
- Gwendoline KonieZambian politician (1938-2009)
- Gwendoline PorterBritish sprinter (1902–1993)
- Gwendoline Joyce LewisBritish-born South African botanist (1909–1967)
- Gwendoline HamonFrench actressborn 1970
- Gwendoline Daudetshort track speed skaterborn 1998
- Gwendoline RileyBritish writerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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