Gwynne

Where Gwynne comes from

A spelling variant of Gwyn. Doublet of Wynn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gwynne
  • Welsh
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #4,967 among girls, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1951
    Peak, #1,339
    48 babies named Gwynne — more than any year before or since.
  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.