Gwendolyn

Gwendoline is a female first name.

Variants

• Guendalina
• Gwendolin
• Gwendolyn
• Gwendoline
• Gwenmarie
• Gwenda
• Gwendula
• Gwendi
• Gwen
• Wendy

Origin and Meaning

The name is of Celtic origin. It is composed of gwyn, white, beautiful ' and dolen, arc, circle '. Gwendoline is a popular name in Welsh legends of women and fairies. The component may dolin in Welsh with 'flower' to be translated, the name would then white flower ' or even, beautiful flower ' mean, which gives a deeper meaning in the context of Feennamensgebung.

Name-day

Name winners

First name

• Gwendolyn of Ambesser (* 1949), German actress, writer and director
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), American writer
• Gwendoline Butler (1922-2013), British author
• Gwendoline Davies (1882-1951), Welsh art collector and patron
• Gwendolyn Knight (1914-2005), African American sculptor
• Gwendolyn Masin ( born 1977 ), violinist
• Gwendoline Porter ( * 1909), British track and field athlete
• Gwendoline Riley ( born 1979 ), British writer
• Gwendoline Yeo ( b. 1977 ), Sino-American actress

Art figure

• Gwendolyn Shepard, protagonist of the book series " Ruby Red " by Kerstin Gier
• Sweet Gwendoline, fictional character from the range Bondage