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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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However, Van Der Beek himself ended up building what would become the couple’s favorite piece: a wooden daybed that he designed not long after they welcomed their fifth child, Gwendolyn, in 2018.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

For Conservative voter Gwendolyn Slover, 69, from Summerside in the province of Prince Edward Island, his appeal is "baffling".

From BBC Apr. 26, 2025

She was best known for her outspoken advocacy and her charismatic delivery and was a friend of fellow wordsmiths Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2024

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

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

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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