Gwendolyn

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Origin and Meaning of Gwendolyn

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• A user from New York, United States says the name Gwendolyn means "White Wave".
• A user from Australia says the name Gwendolyn is of English origin and means "Beautiful".
• A user from United Kingdom says the name Gwendolyn is of Welsh origin and means "Beautiful".
• A submission from West Virginia, United States says the name Gwendolyn means "Courageous".
• A submission from Virginia, United States says the name Gwendolyn means "Beautiful circles" and is of English origin.

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1. A female given name, variant of Gwendolen.

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Fun Facts about the name Gwendolyn

• What name lists does Gwendolyn rank for?

  #129	Unique Girl Names

  #17	Girl Names Unique to the South

  #20	Girl Names Unique to the Southeast

• How Popular is the name Gwendolyn? Gwendolyn is the 579^th most popular name of all time.
• How many people with the first name Gwendolyn have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 118,118 babies born with the first name Gwendolyn in the United States. That's more than enough people named Gwendolyn to occupy the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with an estimated population of 109,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Gwendolyn? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
• When was Gwendolyn first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Gwendolyn is Thursday, June 1st, 1876.
• What year had the most people named Gwendolyn born? The highest recorded use of the first name Gwendolyn was in 1953 with a total of 3,518 babies. That's a lot of babies named Gwendolyn!
• Random Gwendolyn Factoid: According to the 1939 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Gwendolyn ranks 62^nd in popularity as a baby girl's name in Hawaii. Imagine that, 16 babies in Hawaii have the same name as you in 1939.
• Weird things about the name Gwendolyn: Your name in reverse order is Nylodnewg. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Nodnwgyel. How do you pronounce that?

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