Given name
Gwynneth
“one who is blessed with happiness”
Gwynneth is a variant of Gwyneth. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is blessed with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gwynneth 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 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gwynneth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 255
- 0 boys · 255 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 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 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 393 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.
Gwynneth’s family of names
Gwynneth 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.
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