Gwynneth
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
Gwynneth is a girls' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gwynneth mean?
Welsh: spelling of Gwyneth
A female given name from Welsh.
Meaning borrowed from Gwyneth. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gwynneth a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwynneth is a girls' name.
How popular is Gwynneth in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1931.
Half of all the girls named Gwynneth in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwynneth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 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 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
Names like Gwynneth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arleth, Emma, Reese, Hannah, Gracie, Lily, Chloe, Ellie, Gwenyth, Zoe, Grace, Gianna
Names related to Gwynneth
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, 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, “Gwynneth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwynneth, updated 20 October 2026.