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Gwen Gender Female
Name day 06. July Word/name from Welsh
Gwen , the feminine form of
Gwyn ("white, bright, fair, pure, blessed, holy") Meaning "white, holy" Region of origin
Wales Related names
Gwenn (
Breton );Gwenno , Gwenog (medieval diminutives);Gwyn (masculine equivalent)
Gwen is a
Welsh feminine
given name meaning "white, holy". It can also be a shortened form of
Gwenhwyfar (
Guinevere ) or other names beginning with the same element, such as:
Gwenhael , Gwenael, Gwenvael, Gwenaelle
Gwenda (explained as a compound of
gwen "white, pure, blessed, holy" +
da "good, well")
Gwendolen ,
Gwendoline ,
Gwendolyn
Gweneira (from gwen "white" +
eira "snow")
Gwenfair (combination of gwen "blessed, holy" + -fair ,
soft mutation [
disambiguation needed ] of Mair "(the
Virgin )
Mary ")
Winefride (originally Gwenffrewi) (
Breton : Gwenvred )
Gwenfron (from gwen "white" +
fron , mutated form of
bron "breast"; cf.
Bronwen )
Gwenyth, Gwenith (identical to the Welsh word for "wheat")
Gwenllian
Gwennant (compound of gwen "white" + nant "stream, brook")
Gwenola (modern feminized form of Breton
Winwaloe )
Although superficially similar,
Gwyneth has a different, albeit uncertain, etymological origin (likely either from
Gwynedd or the Welsh gwynaeth , meaning joy, bliss or happiness).
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People
Gwen Benaway (born 1987), Canadian poet and activist
Gwen Berry (born 1989), American hammer thrower
Gwen Bristow (1903–1980), American author and journalist
Gwen Davis (born 1936), American novelist
Gwen ferch Ellis (c. 1542 – 1594), the first recorded woman accused of witchcraft in Wales
Gwen Guthrie (1950–1999), American singer
Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), Australian poet
Gwen Heeney (1952–2016), British sculptor
Gwen Ifill (1955–2016), American journalist
Gwen John (1876–1939), Welsh artist
Gwen Jorgensen (born 1986), American world and Olympic champion triathlete
Gwen Kelly (1922–2012), Australian novelist and short-story writer
Gwen McCrae (born 1943), American singer
Gwen Moore (born 1951), American politician
Gwen Plumb (1912–2002), Australian performer
Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), English wood engraving artist
Gwen Sebastian (born 1974), American country-rock singer
Gwen Shamblin , American author
Gwen Smith , Trinidadian cricketer of the 1990s
Gwen Somerset (1894–1988), New Zealand educator
Gwen Stefani (born 1969), American pop-rock, Ska and R&B singer
Gwen Verdon (1925–2000), American dancer and actress
Fictional characters
Saint Gwen Teirbron (sometimes called Blanche in French sources)
Gwen Choke,
James Adams ' deceased mother in the
CHERUB novel series
Gwen Cooper , one of the main protagonists in the television series
Torchwood
Gwen Grayson , a character in the movie
Sky High (2005)
Gwen Kindle, a character from the stop-motion series
The Most Popular Girls in School
Gwen Mallard, a little duck from
Migration
Gwen Meighen, an air stewardess from the 1968 novel
Airport and
its 1970 film adaptation
Gwen Norbeck Munson , from the TV soap opera
As the World Turns
Gwen Raiden , from the TV series
Angel
Gwen Rizczech , from the American soap opera
Days of Our Lives
Gwen Runck, from the TV series
That '90s Show
Gwen Tennyson , from
Cartoon Network 's
Ben 10 franchise
Gwen West, a character from the TV sitcom
Gavin & Stacey
Gwen Hotchkiss Winthrop , from the American soap opera
Passions
Gwen Wu , a character from the Nickelodeon animated TV series
The Mighty B!
Gwen, a minor character from the American animated series
Mission Hill
Gwen, a character from the Canadian animated series
Total Drama
Gwen, a minor character from
6teen
Gwen, a 2009 "Girl of the Year" doll from the
American Girl collection
Gwen, the recurring character from
Johnny and the Sprites
Gwen, a recurring character from
Sam & Cat
Gwen, a recurring character in the MMORPG
Guild Wars , its
expansion pack , and its
sequel
Gwen, the castle's kitchen maid from
Sofia the First
Gwen, a gunslinger hero in the video game
Vainglory
Gwendaline, a character from the movie
Bad Moms
Gwen (or
Guinevere ), from the British TV series
Merlin
Gwen, the Hallowed Seamstress, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game
League of Legends
Marvel Entertainment
See also
References