Gwenda
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning fair, blessed; a form of Gwendolyn.
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Gwenda by the numbers
Its American peak was 109 babies in 1952, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Gwendolyn
Like Gwenda, each of these traces back to Gwendolyn: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Gwendolynnwhite ring; a form of Gwendolyn40 in the US (2017)
- Gwendalynwhite ring or fair bow; a form of Gwendolyn17 in the US (2017)
- Gwendelynwhite browed; a spelling variant of Gwendolyn10 in the US (2017)
- Gwendalynnfair, blessed; a modern respelling of Gwendolen or Gwendolyn8 in the US (2017)
- Gwyndolynfair, blessed; variant spelling of Gwendolyn8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gwenda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Glendafair and good; from glen and da24 in the US (2017)
- Gwennavariant of Gwen, meaning fair or blessed5 in the US (2017)
- Glennavalley; a form of glenn11 in the US (2017)
- Gwennofair or blessed; diminutive form of gwen9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gwennanfair, blessed; form of Gwen with diminutive suffix8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gwennwhite, blessed; a form of Gwen7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Gwenda, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a blessing
Like Gwenda, each of these has a blessing in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Gwenda
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