Gwendolyn name - Meaning of Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn name - Meaning of Gwendolyn

Gender

Feminine

Lucky Number

11

Usage

Welsh, English

Pronounced

GWEN-də-lin (English)

Gwendolyn Meaning

Variant of Gwendolen. Gwendolyn originates in Welsh language and means "blessed bow". Gwendolyn was the name of a character in Oscar Wilde"s play The Importance of Being Earnest. In its variant spelling this was also the name of a fictional queen in the Historia Regum Britanniae written by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Until today, Gwendolyn has remained a fairly popular feminine given name in the United States.

Gwendolyn Related Names
Variants: Gwendolen, Gwendoline (Welsh), Guendolen (English), Gwendoline (English (British) ), Gwendaline, Gwendalyn, Gwendelyn, Gwendolene, Gwendolynn, Gwendolynne, Gwenndolen, Gwyndolen, Gwyndolin, Gwyndolyn
Diminutives: Gwen (Welsh), Gwen (English)
Other Languages: Gwendoline (French)

Gwendolyn Celebrities
Gwendolyn Bennet - poet, Gwendolyn Brooks - poet, Gwendolyn Farnsworth - writer, Gwendolyn MacEwen - writer, Gwendolyn Parker - published author,