Meanings
proper noun
- 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
A variant of Gwendolen, Gwendoline with -lyn.
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APA
Gwendolyn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gwendolyn
MLA
“Gwendolyn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gwendolyn. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gwendolyn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gwendolyn.
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