Gwendolyne Forename

223,560th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,248 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Aruba

Gwendolyne Forename User-submission:

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.

Gwendolyne Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
3421:1,060,05021,791
Mexico
100%
2871:432,5595,213
England
100%
931:597,88111,935
France
100%
771:863,2517,248
Netherlands
100%
651:260,0328,683
Chile
100%
531:332,2114,835
Belgium
100%
401:287,2515,932
South Africa
100%
391:1,398,27347,393
Peru
100%
291:1,096,25714,144
Dominican Republic-251:417,25113,014
Aruba-211:4,942942
Philippines
100%
201:5,300,47490,157
Germany
100%
151:6,445,19224,261
Venezuela
100%
141:2,157,27837,130
Panama
100%
131:300,5049,934
Costa Rica
100%
101:476,7957,334
Uganda
100%
91:4,550,76942,499
Honduras-91:979,71911,190
Scotland
100%
81:668,7967,564
Spain
100%
71:6,647,13816,660
Malaysia
 
80%
71:4,349,991105,289
Guyana-51:152,65210,224
Zambia-51:3,170,95926,788
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
Australia-51:2,731,52422,009
Canada-41:8,283,34367,579
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
Cameroon-41:5,402,62668,032
Switzerland-41:2,053,37418,217
India
100%
41:303,719,4932,628,057
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Argentina
100%
21:21,386,62229,627
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Gabon
100%
11:1,883,3364,538
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Sudan
100%
11:37,806,97510,689
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513

Gwendolyne Forename Meaning

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.

- waydowninhadestown

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