Gwendoline
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Gwendoline is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Gwendoline mean?
Welsh
A female given name from Welsh, an anglicized form of Welsh Gwendolen.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gwendoline a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwendoline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwendoline in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Gwendoline, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gwendoline in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#56), 1914 (#45), 1924 (#40), 1934 (#60) and 1944 (#97).
Gwendoline in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Gwendoline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Gwendoline, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Gwendoline in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwendoline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
Names like Gwendoline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olive, Beatrice, Florence, Elsie, Grace, Violet, Rose, Winnie, Annie, Alice, Clementine, Nellie
Names related to Gwendoline
Gwendolyn, Gwendolen, Gwendolynn, Gwendalyn, Gwendalynn, Gwyndolyn, Gwendelyn
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Winifred, Meredith, Brynn
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, “Gwendoline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwendoline, updated 20 October 2026.