Gwyneth

Where Gwyneth comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Gwyneth.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gwyneth
  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
Gwyneth through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,526 among girls with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Gwyneth Jones born
    Welsh operatic soprano
  3. 1972
    Gwyneth Paltrow born
    American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer
  4. 1998
    Around this time: Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love
    Film, 1998 · Source
  5. 2013
    Peak, #892
    288 babies named Gwyneth, the most in any year.
  6. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,890.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
Namesakes
  • Gwyneth Paltrow · American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer, born 1972
  • Gwyneth Jones · Welsh operatic soprano, born 1936
  • Gwyneth Jones · British novelist, born 1952
  • Gwyneth Dunwoody · Longest ever serving female Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1930–2008
  • Gwyneth Keyworth · actress, born 1990

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.