Gwendolin
Gwendolin is a female given name .
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Origin and meaning
The name Gwendolin is of Celtic origin. It is made up of gwyn 'white, beautiful' and dolen 'arch, circle'. Gwendolin is a name popular with women and fairies in Welsh sagas . The component dolin can also be translated as 'flower' in Welsh, the name would then mean 'white flower' or 'beautiful flower', which makes a deeper sense in connection with the fairy naming.
name day
- October 14th in honor of Saint Guendalina, who lived in the sixth century.
Name bearers
- Gwendolyn von Ambesser (* 1949), German actress, author and director
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), American writer
- Gwendoline Butler (1922-2013), British author
- Gwendoline Christie (* 1978), British actress
- Gwendoline Davies (1882–1951), Welsh art collector and patron
- Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), American sculptor
- Gwendolyn Koldofsky (1906–1998), Canadian pianist and music teacher
- Gwendolyn Masin (* 1977), Dutch violinist
- Gwendoline Porter (* 1902), British athlete
- Gwendoline Riley (* 1979), British writer
- Gwendolyn Sasse (* 1972), political scientist and Slavist
- Gwendoline Yeo (* 1977), American actress
Wendy
- Wendy Carlos (* 1939), American composer
- Wendy Crewson (born 1956), Canadian actress
- Wendy Guerra (* 1970), Cuban writer
- Wendy Güntensperger (* 1993), Swiss actress
- Wendy Hiller (1912-2003), British actress
- Wendy Holdener (* 1993), Swiss ski racer
- Wendy McElroy (* 1951), Canadian writer
- Wendy Melvoin (* 1964), American guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Wendy Richard (1943–2009), British actress
- Wendy Schaal (born 1954), American actress
- Wendy Toye (1917-2010), British actress and director
- Wendy Vereen (* 1966), American sprinter
- Wendy Vuik (* 1988), Dutch ski jumper
- Wendy Williams (* 1964), American TV presenter, actress, author, fashion designer and former radio personality
- Wendy O. Williams (1949–1998), lead singer of the American punk band "Plasmatics"
Fictional characters
- Gwendolyn Frost , protagonist of the Mythos Academy book series by Jennifer Estep
- Gwendolyn Sheperd , protagonist of the Rubinrot book series by Kerstin Gier
- Sweet Gwendoline , fictional character from the field of bondage
- Wendolene Ramsbottom , character in the animated film Wallace & Gromit - Unter Schafen
- Gwendolin , blond ladybug in the animated series Ferdy ( adored by Ferdy, as a permanent motif of this series)
- Gwendolyn Stacy (Spider-Man)