Gwen

Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy". It can be a shortened form of Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) or other names beginning with the same element, such as: Gwenhael, Gwenael, Gwenvael, Gwenaelle Gwenda (explained as a compound of gwen "white, pure, blessed, holy" + da "good, well") Gwendolen, Gwendoline, Gwendolyn Gweneira (from gwen "white" + eira "snow") Gwenfair (combination of gwen "blessed, holy" + -fair, soft mutation of Mair "(the Virgin) Mary") Winefride (originally Gwenffrewi) Gwenfron (from gwen "white" + fron, mutated form of bron "breast"; cf. Bronwen) Gwenyth, Gwenith (identical to the Welsh word for "wheat") Gwenllian Gwennant (compound of gwen "white" + nant "stream, brook") Gwenola (modern feminized form of Breton Winwaloe) Although superficially similar, Gwyneth has a different, albeit uncertain, etymological origin (likely either from Gwynedd or the Welsh 'gwynaeth', meaning joy, bliss or happiness. People Gwen Benaway (born 1987), Canadian poet and activist Gwen Berry (born 1989), American hammer thrower Gwen Bristow (1903–1980), American author and journalist Gwen Davis (born 1936), American novelist Gwen ferch Ellis (c.