Gwenn
Gwenn is a surname and unisex given name of Breton origin, a variant of the name Gwen, which means 'white, holy'. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Gwenn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gwenn is a surname and unisex given name of Breton origin, a variant of the name Gwen, which means 'white, holy'. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Gwenn
Gwenn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1955: 65 births, good for #1,253 nationwide. About 31% of every Gwenn on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Gwenn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gwenn
Gwenn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Gwenn's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #1,253. Use the chart and map above to compare Gwenn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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