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Gwen (given name)

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Gender
  
Feminine

Meaning
  
"white, holy"

Word/name
  
from Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn ("white, bright, fair, pure, blessed, holy")

Related names
  
Gwenn (Breton); Gwenno, Gwenog (medieval diminutives); Gwyn (masculine equivalent)

Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy". It can be a shortened form of Gwenhwÿfar (Guinevere) or other names beginning with the same element, such as:

Contents

  • Gwenaëlle (modern feminine form of Breton Gwenaël)
  • Gwenda (explained as a compound of gwen "white, pure, blessed, holy" + da "good, well")
  • Gwendolen
  • Gwendoline
  • Gwendolyn
  • Gwendolyne
  • Gweneira (from gwen "white" + eira "snow")
  • Gwenfair (combination of gwen "blessed, holy" + -fair, soft mutation of Mair "(the Virgin) Mary")
  • Gwenffrewi (Breton: Gwenvred)
  • Gwenfron (from gwen "white" + fron, mutated form of bron "breast"; cf. Bronwen)
  • Gwenith (identical to the Welsh word for "wheat")
  • Gwenyth
  • Gwenllian
  • Gwennant (compound of gwen "white" + nant "stream, brook")
  • Gwenola (modern feminized form of Breton Gwenole)
  • Gwendog (animal form of Gwenaëlle)

    • People

  • Gwen Bristow (1903–1980), American author and journalist
  • Gwen Davis (born 1936), American novelist
  • Gwen Guthrie (1950–1999), American singer
  • Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), Australian poet
  • Gwen Ifill (1955–2016), American journalist
  • Gwen John (1876–1939), Welsh artist
  • Gwen McCrae (born 1943), American singer
  • Gwen Moore (born 1951), American politician
  • Gwen Plumb (1912–2002), Australian performer
  • Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), English wood engraving artist
  • Gwen Sebastian (born 1974) American Country-rock singer
  • Gwen Shamblin, American author
  • Gwen Somerset, (1894–1988), New Zealand educator
  • Gwen Stefani (born 1969), American pop-rock and R&B singer
  • Gwen Verdon (1925–2000), American dancer and actress
  • Gwen Akin (born 1950), American photographer

    • Fictional characters

  • Saint Gwen Teirbron (sometimes called "Blanche" in French sources)
  • Gwen Cooper, one of the main protagonists in the television series Torchwood
  • Gwen Grayson, a character in the movie Sky High (2005)
  • Gwen Meighen, an air stewardess from the 1968 novel Airport and its 1970 film adaptation
  • Gwen Norbeck Munson from As the World Turns
  • Gwen Hotchkiss Winthrop, from the American soap opera Passions
  • Gwen Raiden, from the TV series Angel
  • Gwen Stacy, a love interest of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) in many of the Spider-Man comic book series
  • Gwen Tennyson, from Ben 10
  • Gwen West, a character from Gavin and Stacey
  • Gwen, a character from the MMORPG Guild Wars
  • Gwen, a character from Total Drama
  • Gwen, a minor character from the American animated series Mission Hill
  • Gwen, a minor character from 6teen
  • Gwen, a 2009 "Girl of the Year" doll from the American Girl collection
  • Gwen, a character from The Mighty B!
  • Gwen, the recurring character from Johnny and the Sprites
  • The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Gwen.
  • Gwen, short for "Guinevere", a character from Merlin
  • Gwen, a recurring character from Sam & Cat
  • Gwen, the castle's kitchen maid from Sofia the First

    • References

    Gwen (given name) Wikipedia
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