Gwendolyn

Where Gwendolyn comes from

A variant of Gwendolen, Gwendoline with -lyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gwendolyn
  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1902
    Gwendolyn B. Bennett born
    American writer
  3. 1917
    Gwendolyn Brooks born
    American writer
  4. 1953
    Peak, #112
    3,519 babies named Gwendolyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #194.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh, variant of Gwendolen.
Namesakes
  • Gwendolyn Brooks · American writer, 1917–2000
  • Gwendolyn B. Bennett · American writer, 1902–1981
  • Gwendolyn Göbel · actress, born 2006
  • Gwendolyn Rutten · Flemish politician, born 1975
  • Gwendolyn MacEwen · Canadian poet and novelist, 1941–1987

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.