Welsh origin
Source-reportedFrom Welsh Gwenllian.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: GwenllianCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Turkish Wiktionary: GwenllianCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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/ɡwɛnˈɬiː.an/ · Welsh
01 / Meaning & origin
Gwenllian is a feminine given name documented in English and Welsh. English Wiktionary traces it to Welsh Gwenllian.
From Welsh Gwenllian.
02 / Across borders
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Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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2025 Spelling: Gwenllian
Recorded category girls
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Source: Office for National Statistics · Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
No rounding stated on the workbook; counts are published as integers (valueStatus=observed).
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| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Gwenllian” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-09 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · OGL-UK-3.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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