Entry № 3934 · Welsh origin

Gwyneth Gwyneth — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GWIN-eth /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Blessed, fair"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "blessed, fair".

Gwyneth is a Welsh name from gwynaeth, meaning "blessed" or "happiness." The name also derives from Gwynedd, the principality of northwestern Wales.

Gwyneth Jones is the Welsh opera soprano.

Blessed. Gwyneth Paltrow's Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Gwynedd
Transliteration
Gwyneth
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡwɪn.əθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gwyneth stands.

Gwyneth does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Gwyneths before her.

Real people
Gwyneth Paltrow
American Oscar-winning actress.
born 1972
Dame Gwyneth Jones
Welsh opera soprano.
born 1936
In fiction
Gwyneth
Common in Welsh fiction.

Names connected to Gwyneth.

The number behind Gwyneth.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gwyneth reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.