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Gwendolyn

American  
[gwen-dl-in] / ˈgwɛn dl ɪn /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white.”


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The couple is also in a children’s music band called Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang, and they recently composed music for the off-Broadway show “Romy and Michele the Musical.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

Dr Gwendolyn Seidman, a social psychologist at Michigan State University, studies how people communicate online - with a particular focus on romantic relationships.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Woods, who is based in Chicago, said she felt resonance between Gwendolyn Brooks’s street-level feel for that city and Coleman’s Los Angeles.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

But Gwendolyn Gray’s decision was announced more than two weeks after absentee voting had already begun, with ballots that list her along with Reeves and Presley.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023

“Where can I find books on Frost and Gwendolyn Brooks and Countee Cullen and Dickinson?”

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome