Gwenyth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-ith
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Gwenyth is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Gwenyth mean?
Welsh: variant spelling of Gwyneth
“happiness”
Gwyneth is linked to Welsh gwynaeth 'happiness' and to Gwynedd, the old kingdom of north-west Wales.
Is Gwenyth a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwenyth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwenyth in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 girls.
Gwenyth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Gwenyth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,957among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Gwenyth, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,135th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 176 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Gwenyth in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were given Gwenyth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,126, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
- Gwenyth 56
- Gweneth 15
Gwenyth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,233 |
| 2020 | 85 | #2,135 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2018 | 108 | #1,869 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,943 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,560 |
| 2015 | 146 | #1,532 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 176 | #1,328 |
| 2012 | 135 | #1,602 |
| 2011 | 149 | #1,497 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | 139 | #1,612 |
| 2008 | 120 | #1,808 |
| 2007 | 128 | #1,704 |
| 2006 | 128 | #1,651 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,630 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,533 |
| 2002 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,815 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 54 | #2,607 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 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 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Nicknames for Gwenyth
- Gwen 34 girls in the UK in 2025
- Gwenny
Names like Gwenyth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow Harper Isla Myla Mila Lyla Ava Freya Lyra Zara Lily Delilah
Other spellings of Gwenyth
Names related to Gwenyth
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, “Gwenyth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwenyth, updated 20 October 2026.