Given name & surname
Gwin
“a handsome man; one who is fair”
Gwin is a variant of Gwynn. One Welsh interpretation is “a handsome man; one who is fair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gwin is a variant of Gwynn. One Welsh interpretation is “a handsome man; one who is fair.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gwin is a variant of Gwynn. An origin associated with Gwynn is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gwin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 185
- 133 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 16 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 5 in 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 as a first name in 2020; 4,662 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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