# Gwenllian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gwenllian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 529, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Welsh Gwenllian.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Gwenllian

- Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd, 12th-century princess consort of Deheubarth in Wales

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.