Gyneth
Gyneth is a name with a single cultural origin: Arthurian Cycle.
- Arthurian Cycle
Meaning & Origin of Gyneth
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gyneth is a name with a single cultural origin: Arthurian Cycle.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arthurian Cycle
The Story of Gyneth
Gyneth first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1905, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 13 births, good for #2,590 nationwide. About 50% of every Gyneth on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Gyneth last appeared in the published SSA data in 1944, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 96 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Gyneth
Gyneth is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1905 and has accumulated 96 births in the dataset. Gyneth's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #2,590. Use the chart and map above to compare Gyneth'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.