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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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For Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay, a married couple raising a 16-year-old and a 9-year-old, the emotional weight has been just as significant as the financial burden that followed.

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

The measure has received support from several business executive and philanthropist donors, including Michael Moritz, Gwendolyn Sontheim and Reed Hastings.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 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

“A woman named Gwendolyn Brown. You know her?”

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds