Gwynne

Where Gwynne comes from

A spelling variant of Gwyn. Doublet of Wynn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gwynne
  • Welsh
  • Vowel-ended
Gwynne through the years
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #4,967 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1951
    Peak, #1,339
    48 babies named Gwynne, the most in any year.
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,339.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh.
  • 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.