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Gwen (F)>

Gwen (female)

Diminutive for:Gwenda (F) Gwendolen (F) Gwenfrewi (F) Gwenhwyfar (F) Gwenllian (F) Gwenyth (F)
Masculine form:Gwyn (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English diminutive for Gwendolen and Welsh diminutive for Gwenllian, occasionally a given name in its own right.

Gwen is also a diminutive or pet name for Welsh names including the element -gwen/gwyn-, "white, fair, holy".