Gwendolen
Feminine given name derived from a legendary British queen.
Gwendolen is a feminine name that only became common in the 1800s. It comes from the Latin Guendoloena, which Geoffrey of Monmouth invented for a British queen in his History of the Kings of Britain and later reused for Merlin's wife.
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- Pronunciation
- ˈ
- g
- w
- ɛ
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- d
- ə
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- n GWEN
- də-lin
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- "blessed ring"
- Language
- English, Welsh
- Nickname
- Gwen
- Wendy
- Winnie
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