Gwendolen

Where Gwendolen comes from

From Welsh Gwendolen, from gwen (“white, fair, blessed”) + dolen (“ring, bow, hair, brow”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Gwendolen
  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1903
    Debut at its peak, #1,592
    #1,592 among girls with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
Namesakes

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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.