Gwenn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN
- Origin
- Welsh
Gwenn is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white, fair, blessed”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gwenn mean?
Welsh: spelling of Gwen
“white, fair, blessed”
Welsh word for white, fair or blessed, and a short form of names such as Gwendolen and Gwenllian.
Meaning borrowed from Gwen. More on Wiktionary.
Is Gwenn a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwenn is a girls' name.
How popular is Gwenn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1955, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Gwenn in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwenn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,747 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,892 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,724 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,950 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,680 |
| 1956 | 56 | #1,397 |
| 1955 | 65 | #1,252 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,438 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,504 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,432 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,945 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
Names like Gwenn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gwendolyn Jane Joan Bonnie Lynn Susan Anne June Judith Robin Penny Linda
Names related to Gwenn
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Winifred Meredith
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, “Gwenn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwenn, updated 20 October 2026.