Gwenda

Where Gwenda comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gwenda.

  • Vowel-ended
Gwenda through the years
  1. 1921
    First appearance
    #2,762 among girls with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Gwenda Thomas born
    British politician
  3. 1943
    Gwenda Blair born
    American journalist, university teacher and biographer
  4. 1952
    Peak, #884
    109 babies named Gwenda, the most in any year.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,110.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Gwenda Blair · American journalist, university teacher and biographer, born 1943
  • Gwenda Thomas · British politician, born 1942
  • Gwenda Louise Davis · Australian botanist, 1911–1993
  • Gwenda Matthews · British high and long jumper, born 1944
  • Gwenda Bond · US editor, critic and author, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.