Gwendolen
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɟʷɛndowlən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gwendolen is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From gwen (“white, fair, blessed”) + dolen (“ring, bow, hair, brow”).
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From gwen (“white, fair, blessed”) + dolen (“ring, bow, hair, brow”).
Sources 3
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecilb. 1860GBnoblewoman; British biographer (1860-1945)
- Sara Gwendolen Foulkeb. 1863USAmerican zoologist, marine biologist, scientific illustrator and poet (1863-1936)
- Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolkb. 1877GBBritish noble (1877-1945)
- Gwendolen Maud Parry Greeneb. 1878GBEnglish writer (1878-1959)
- Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveaghb. 1881GBBritish politician (1881-1966)
- Gwendolen Masonb. 1883GBProfessor of Harp at the Royal Academy of Music
- Len Howardb. 1894GBnot in their usual nameBritish ornithologist
- Beverley Reevesb. 1934NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand writer and vice-regal consort (born 1934)
- Gwendolen Websterb. 1945GBauthor
- Gwendolen Jullb. 2000AUAustralian physiotherapy researcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 682 | #16,502 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 34 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 27 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 27 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 27 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 27 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 24 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 22 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 20 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gwendolen mean, and where does it come from?
- From gwen (“white, fair, blessed”) + dolen (“ring, bow, hair, brow”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- What are other forms of the name Gwendolen?
- In the etymology graph, Wendy, Gwendolyn and Gwendoline are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Gwendolen?
- A machine transcription gives /ɟʷɛndowlən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Gwendolen a male or female name?
- Gwendolen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Gwendolen have the most bearers?
- Gwendolen is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gwendolenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gwendolen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.