Gwen

//ɡwɛn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.

    "Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl was a hit in 2004."

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""People love it when we say 'this salad came from out back and this basil was grown outside," garden manager Gwen Schantz said."

Etymology

A female given name from Welsh, shortened from Gwendolen or Guinevere.

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