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Gwenda (given name)

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Gwenda is a feminine given name of Welsh origin. It was apparently coined in the 20th century using the Welsh adjectives gwen "white, fair, blessed" and da "good", and may also be a variant of Gwendolen or a feminine form of Gwyndaf, a Welsh saint.

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The name was "regularly used until the 1960s, now rare."

Notable people named Gwenda

  • Gwenda Hawkes (1894–1990), British racing driver
  • Gwenda Morgan (1908–1991), British artist
  • Gwenda Owen (born 1965), Welsh singer
  • Gwenda Thomas (born 1942), Welsh politician

    • Fictional characters

  • Gwenda Halliday in the Agatha Christie novel Sleeping Murder (1976)

    • References

    Gwenda (given name) Wikipedia
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