Gwenneth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-ith
- Origin
- Welsh
Gwenneth is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fair, blessed”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gwenneth mean?
Welsh: spelling of Gweneth, itself a variant of Gwyneth, from Welsh gwyn 'white, blessed'
“fair, blessed”
Gwyneth may come from Gwynedd, the medieval kingdom of north Wales.
Meaning borrowed from Gweneth.
Is Gwenneth a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwenneth is a girls' name.
How popular is Gwenneth in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Gwenneth in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwenneth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
Nicknames for Gwenneth
- Gwen 34 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Gwenneth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arleth Emma Gwyneth Gracie Ella Georgia Grace Gracelynn Ellie Lily Isla Bella
Names related to Gwenneth
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, “Gwenneth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwenneth, updated 20 October 2026.