Gweneth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-ith
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Gweneth is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fair, blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Gweneth mean?
Welsh: variant of Gwyneth, from Welsh gwyn 'white, blessed'
“fair, blessed”
Gwyneth may come from Gwynedd, the medieval kingdom of north Wales.
Is Gweneth a girl's or a boy's name?
Gweneth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gweneth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Gweneth, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Gweneth in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were given Gweneth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,126, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
- Gwenyth 56
- Gweneth 15
Gweneth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
Nicknames for Gweneth
- Gwen 34 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Gweneth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gracie Gwyneth Charlotte Emma Georgia Lyla Arleth Lily Ella Grace Bella Charlie
Other spellings of Gweneth
Names related to Gweneth
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Gweneth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gweneth, updated 20 October 2026.