Name: Gwen
Gender: Female
Usage: Gwen, of celtic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Gwen are in general originating from France, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Gwen across the world, see Wenna.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gwen is: White, Mythical son of gwastad.
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Numerology of the first name Gwen: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Gwen is ranked on the 990th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 543200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.008% of the population. The name Gwen has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gwen for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Gwen is 28 March.
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History and Origin
Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy". It can be a shortened form of Gwenhwÿfar (Guinevere) or other names beginning with the same element, such as:
- Gwenaëlle (modern feminine form of Breton Gwenaël)
- 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 of Mair "(the Virgin) Mary")
- Gwenffrewi (Breton: Gwenvred)
- Gwenfron (from gwen "white" + fron, mutated form of bron "breast"; cf. Bronwen)
- Gwenith (identical to the Welsh word for "wheat")
- Gwenyth
- Gwenllian
- Gwennant (compound of gwen "white" + nant "stream, brook")
- Gwenola (modern feminized form of Breton Gwenole)
- Gwendog (animal form of Gwenaëlle)
Welsh and English: short form of Gwendolen or Gwenllian, or an independent name from Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn white, fair, blessed, holy (see Gwyn). It was borne by a 5th-century saint, aunt of St David and mother of the minor saints Cybi and Cadfan, and by a reputed daughter of Brychan.
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