Gweni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-ee
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Gweni is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white, fair, blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Gweni mean?
Welsh: pet form of names beginning with Gwen-
“white, fair, blessed”
Welsh pet form of names such as Gwen and Gwenllian, from gwen 'white, fair, blessed'.
Is Gweni a girl's or a boy's name?
Gweni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gweni in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Gweni, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Gweni in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
Names like Gweni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Winnie, Hazel, Gigi, Remi, Bonnie, Mabel, Rosie, Joni, Margot, Cleo, Ada, Marnie
Names related to Gweni
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gweni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gweni, updated 20 October 2026.