Name meaning & stats
Gwen
Gwen means “white, holy” (Welsh origin). 27,688 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“white, holy”
WelshWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
27,688 US babies were named Gwen between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Gwen (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Gwen is the main spelling
- Gwen 95%
- Gwenn 5%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)