gwen meaning of name
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning white, holy. It can be a shortened form of GwenhwÃ¿far (Guinevere) or other names beginning with the same element, such as: 1  GwenaÃ«lle (modern feminine form of Breton GwenaÃ«l)  Gwenda (explained as a compound of gwen white, pure, blessed, holy + da good, well)