Given name
Gweneth
“one who is blessed with happiness”
Gweneth is a variant of Gwyneth. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is blessed with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gweneth is a variant of Gwyneth. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is blessed with happiness.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gweneth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,318
- 0 boys · 1,318 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,256 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,256 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,034 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.
Gweneth’s family of names
Gweneth has a related form in Gwyneth.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Gweneth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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