Gwyneth
PronunciationWelsh: [ˈɡwɨ̞nɛθ]
GenderFeminine
Origin
Meaninguncertain; first element may be Welsh gwyn "white", but see Etymology of Gwynedd
Other names
Related names

Gwyneth (sometimes Gweneth or Gwynyth) is a Welsh feminine given name which derives from the kingdom of Gwynedd. It gained popularity, first in Wales and then across the English speaking world, in the 19th century. This may have been the result of author Ann Harriet Hughes, who adopted Gwyneth Vaughan as her pen name.[2]

Notable people:

Gwyneth is also the name of the following fictional characters:

  • a character in the Fur Fighters video game
  • the title character of Gwyneth and the Thief, a young adult historical romance novel written by Margaret Moore
  • Gwyneth, a character in the Dragonlance novel The Legend of Huma
  • Gwyneth Sanders, a fictional character from Looped
  • Gwynneth, an Australian Masked Owl from the Wolves of the Beyond fantasy novel series by Kathryn Lasky

See also

References

  1. "George Gwynedd (-1604) | Gwinnett Family History".
  2. Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Mils, A. D.; Room, Adrian, eds. (2002). The Oxford names companion. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 774. ISBN 0198605617.
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