Gwennan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-an
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Gwennan is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “little fair one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Gwennan mean?
Welsh: from gwen with the diminutive -an
“little fair one”
From Welsh gwen 'white, fair, blessed' with the diminutive ending -an.
Is Gwennan a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwennan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwennan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Gwennan, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gwennan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Gwennan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Nicknames for Gwennan
- Gwen 34 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Gwennan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Teagan, Raegan, Aoibheann, Connie, Rowan, Tegan, Heidi, Eira, Dylan, Quinn, Brooklyn
Names related to Gwennan
More Welsh names
Owen, Winnie, 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, “Gwennan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwennan, updated 20 October 2026.