Gwenevere
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-a-veer
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Gwenevere is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fair, white one”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Gwenevere mean?
Welsh: spelling of Guinevere, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar
“fair, white one”
Guinevere is King Arthur's queen in Arthurian legend, whose love for Lancelot helps bring about Camelot's fall.
Is Gwenevere a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwenevere is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwenevere in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Gwenevere, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Gwenevere in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Gwenevere in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Gwenevere, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Gwenevere in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwenevere in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 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 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Nicknames for Gwenevere
- Gwen 34 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Gwenevere
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Penelope, Elodie, Maeve, Ivy-Rose, Esme, Amelie, Delilah, Phoebe, Harper, Aria, Mila, Arabella
Names related to Gwenevere
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Gwenevere: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwenevere, updated 20 October 2026.