Fun Facts About the Name Gwenna
- 326 babies named Gwenna: U.S. records list 326 babies given the name Gwenna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gwenna Mean?
Gwenna is a feminine name of Welsh origin, formed from the Welsh element gwen, the feminine form of gwyn, meaning "white," "fair," or "blessed." The literal sense is a description of brightness or fairness, and the secondary sense of "blessed" or "holy" grew out of the word's religious use in Welsh. Gwenna is generally treated as a fuller form of the short name Gwen, given the feminine ending -a, rather than as a shortened version of a longer compound. It shares its root with many other Welsh feminine names, including Gwenllian and Gwendolen, but is not derived from them.
Gwenna Name History & Origins
The element behind Gwenna goes back to Proto-Celtic *windos, "white, fair," which in the Brittonic languages became Welsh gwyn (masculine) and gwen (feminine), and Breton gwenn. In medieval Welsh poetry and records, gwen was used both for physical fairness and, in devotional writing, for purity and blessedness, and it appears in the names of early Welsh saints and noblewomen.
Gwenna belongs to the group of Welsh feminine names built on this element. It is best understood as a developed form of the simplex name Gwen, distinguished by its final -a, a common ending in Welsh feminine names. It is separate in formation from the compound names that also begin with gwen, such as Gwenllian and Gwendolen, which add their own second elements. The name has been used in Wales and has also appeared in English-speaking countries, where it is usually understood simply as a Welsh name meaning "white, fair, blessed."
How Popular is the Name Gwenna?
Gwenna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1965. Its best rank was #3,464 in 1965.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,359 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #9,840 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #12,651 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #14,036 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #11,735 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #11,791 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #16,745 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #14,986 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #17,403 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #13,565 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #12,627 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #15,495 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,708 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #10,222 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #14,366 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #11,780 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #10,394 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #17,038 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #14,489 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #9,631 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #12,462 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #10,927 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #10,146 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #7,591 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #5,541 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #5,303 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #5,665 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #6,923 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #3,464 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1964 | #4,190 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #4,109 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #5,018 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #3,856 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #5,362 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #6,436 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #3,549 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1956 | #3,775 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #3,817 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #5,879 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #5,719 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #5,546 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #4,830 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1935 | #3,952 | 6 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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