Gwen (given name)

Gender	Feminine
Word/name	from Welsh , the feminine form of ("white, bright, fair, pure, blessed, holy")
Meaning	"white, holy"
Related names	(Breton); Gwenno, Gwenog (medieval diminutives); Gwyn (masculine equivalent)

Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy". It can be a shortened form of Gwenhwÿfar (Guinevere) or other names beginning with the same element, such as:

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