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Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn proper noun: a female given name from Welsh, variant of Gwendolen.

Proper noun

Gwendolyn

  1. A female given name from Welsh, variant of Gwendolen.
    • Faith read the name of the addressee, "Gwendolyn Zabel. That's a lovely old name."2009, Karin Slaughter, Genesis, Century, →ISBN, page 108

Origin of Gwendolyn

A variant of Gwendolen, Gwendoline with -lyn.

Questions about Gwendolyn

What does Gwendolyn mean?
Gwendolyn means a female given name from Welsh, variant of Gwendolen.
What part of speech is Gwendolyn?
Gwendolyn is a proper noun.

Words near Gwendolyn in the dictionary

  1. Gwenda
  2. Gwendi
  3. Gwendie
  4. Gwendolen
  5. Gwendoline
  6. Gwendolyn
  7. Gwendolynne
  8. Gwendraeth
  9. Gwendy
  10. Gwendylan
  11. Gwenhwyfar

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