Entry № 3920 · Welsh origin

Gwen Gwen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"White, blessed (Gwen Stefani; Gwen Verdon)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "white, blessed (gwen stefani; gwen verdon)".

Gwen is from the Welsh gwen ("white, fair, blessed, holy") — the feminine of gwyn and the root of Gwendolen, Gwyneth, and Guinevere. Gwen Stefani (born 1969) — American singer-songwriter; lead vocalist of No Doubt (whose Don't Speak topped charts in 17 countries) and solo artist whose Hollaback Girl (2005) was the first US single to sell one million digital downloads. Co-founder of L.A.M.B.

White, blessed (Gwen Stefani; Gwen Verdon) — a Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Gwen
Transliteration
Gwen
Pronunciation
/ ɡwɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gwen stands.

Gwen does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Gwens before her.

Real people
Gwen Stefani
American singer.
born 1969
Gwen Verdon
American Broadway dancer.
1925 – 2000
Gwen Ifill
American journalist.
1955 – 2016
In fiction
Gwen Stacy
Spider-Man.
1965

Names connected to Gwen.

The number behind Gwen.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gwen reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.