Gwendoline

Where Gwendoline comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gwendoline.

  • Welsh
  • Vowel-ended
Gwendoline through the years
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,437 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1903
    Peak, #1,204
    9 babies named Gwendoline, its best rank.
  3. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh, an anglicized form of Welsh Gwendolen.
Namesakes

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