The baby name Gwenn is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ɡwɛn/ ("gwen", rhymes with "when").
The baby name Gwenn is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ɡwɛn/ ("gwen", rhymes with "when").
Gwenn is Breton, Welsh in Origin.
Gwenn is a Breton given name derived from the Brittonic adjective gwenn, ‘white, fair, blessed’ (from Proto-Celtic windos). In Brittany it is used for all genders, though in modern France it skews feminine. The name also serves as an independent short form of longer Celtic compounds such as Gwendolen/Gwendoline and Gwenaëlle, in which gwen(n) carries the same ‘fair/holy’ sense.
Use is concentrated in Brittany and diaspora communities, where revival of Breton-language names in the 19th–20th centuries helped standardize the spelling Gwenn. Earlier hagiographic records show the element in figures like Saint Gwen (Teirbron), often written with a single n. Variants and cognates include Gwen, Gwyn, Gwynn/Gwynne, Gwenna, Gwenno, Gwenaël/Gwenaëlle, Gwendolen/Gwendoline/Gwendolyn, and Cornish Gwen; nicknames such as Gwennie also occur today. Connotation remains luminous and auspicious.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| BR | 0 | #359 | 2 | 5,969 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| France | Boys | 2020 | #388 | 4 | 2,846 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #393 | 13 | 3,185 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #421 | 9 | 13,098 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #555 | 7 | 19,177 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #595 | 3 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #624 | 9 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #651 | 1 | 9,488 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #890 | 66 | 5,933 |
| United States | Girls | 2022 | #899 | 5 | 8,739 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,068 | 5 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,131 | 11 | 25,928 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,264 | 4 | 17,781 |
Gwenn is popular in 23 countries — most recent births per country:
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