Gwendoline Forename
19,909th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 45,786 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Gwendoline Forename Definition:
Is a variant of the preceding; it seems to be the form preferred by the Roman Catholic Church, which has canonized two Gwendolines, a Welsh virgin of C6 and a C8 abbess of Alsace. (Benedictines.)
Read More About This ForenameGwendoline Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 24,557 | 1:2,264 | 357 |
| France | 100% | 4,807 | 1:13,828 | 768 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,187 | 1:13,024 | 2,065 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,078 | 1:7,021 | 960 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,933 | 1:1,601 | 326 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,218 | 1:9,434 | 1,045 |
| Zambia | - | 1,061 | 1:14,943 | 1,439 |
| United States | 100% | 989 | 1:366,569 | 10,689 |
| Scotland | 100% | 634 | 1:8,439 | 642 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 293 | 1:6,291 | 639 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 292 | 1:52,821 | 4,539 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Guyana | 100% | 226 | 1:3,377 | 645 |
| New Zealand | - | 152 | 1:29,842 | 1,986 |
| Jamaica | - | 151 | 1:19,094 | 1,613 |
| Australia | - | 146 | 1:93,545 | 3,465 |
| Barbados | - | 136 | 1:2,131 | 464 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 104 | 1:162,520 | 6,750 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Thailand | 100% | 93 | 1:753,396 | 30,900 |
| Canada | - | 92 | 1:360,145 | 10,676 |
| Philippines | 98% | 89 | 1:1,191,118 | 30,822 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 84 | 1:362,499 | 17,472 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 84 | 1:97,780 | 3,108 |
| Mexico | 99% | 83 | 1:1,495,716 | 10,116 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 76 | 1:2,336,373 | 44,538 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 72 | 1:18,909 | 2,304 |
| Spain | 100% | 56 | 1:830,892 | 8,031 |
| French Polynesia | - | 54 | 1:5,146 | 841 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Jersey | - | 44 | 1:2,272 | 391 |
| Aruba | - | 42 | 1:2,471 | 502 |
| India | 100% | 40 | 1:30,371,949 | 621,251 |
| Ireland | 100% | 33 | 1:140,713 | 3,035 |
| Chile | 100% | 32 | 1:550,225 | 6,424 |
| Germany | 100% | 30 | 1:3,222,596 | 15,431 |
| Uganda | 100% | 26 | 1:1,575,266 | 22,772 |
| Peru | 100% | 25 | 1:1,271,658 | 15,483 |
| Singapore | 100% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 20 | 1:291 | 83 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| Brazil | 100% | 17 | 1:12,602,127 | 143,895 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 17 | 1:10,460 | 1,408 |
| Namibia | - | 14 | 1:171,727 | 4,958 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 12 | 1:2,516,824 | 41,518 |
| Sweden | 100% | 11 | 1:896,173 | 18,593 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| Liberia | 100% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Benin | 100% | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Indonesia | - | 4 | 1:64,490,917 | 960,943 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Italy | - | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Russia | 100% | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Gwendoline (256) may also be a surname.
Gwendoline Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Is a variant of the preceding; it seems to be the form preferred by the Roman Catholic Church, which has canonized two Gwendolines, a Welsh virgin of C6 and a C8 abbess of Alsace. (Benedictines.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Another spelling of Gwendolen.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
User-submitted Reference
The name is of Welsh origin and means 'white', 'pure', or 'holy'. It is also the feminine form of the name, the masculine variants use y instead, e.g. Gwyn, Gwyndolyn.
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