Gwendelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-duh-lin
- Origin
- Welsh
Gwendelyn is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white ring”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gwendelyn mean?
Welsh: variant of Gwendolyn, from gwen 'white' + dolen 'ring'
“white ring”
A variant of Gwendolyn, from Welsh gwen, white or blessed, and dolen, ring or bow.
Is Gwendelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwendelyn is a girls' name.
How popular is Gwendelyn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Gwendelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwendelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
Nicknames for Gwendelyn
- Gwen 34 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Gwendelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emerson, Addison, Madilyn, Genesis, Madison, Brooklyn, Gracelynn, Madelyn, Jordyn, Londyn, Camryn, Adalynn
Names related to Gwendelyn
Gwendolyn, Gwendolynn, Gwendalyn, Gwendolen, Gwendalynn, Gwendoline, Gwyndolyn
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gwendelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwendelyn, updated 20 October 2026.