Gwendolen
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Gwendolen is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white, fair, blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Gwendolen mean?
Welsh
“white, fair, blessed”
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gwendolen a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwendolen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwendolen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Gwendolen, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gwendolen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Gwendolen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Gwendolen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Gwendolen, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1971, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
Half of all the girls named Gwendolen in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwendolen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
Names like Gwendolen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Evelyn, Delilah, Ivy, Thea, Violet, Eliza, Aurora, Amelia, Sophia, Gracie, Eden, Gwen
Names related to Gwendolen
Gwendolyn, Gwendoline, Gwendolynn, Gwendalyn, Gwendalynn, Gwyndolyn, Gwendelyn
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Gwendolen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwendolen, updated 20 October 2026.