Girl · Breton
Gwenaëlle
Say it: gwen-ah-EL
Meaning
Feminine of Gwenaël, from Breton gwenn 'white, fair, blessed' and hael 'generous, noble'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 2009
- At its height in 2009, about 1 in 367,100 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gwenaelle
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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