What Is Gwen Even Short For?

[@NameExplain]

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[@dracone4370]

I think it's important to note that several states in the US have more than one nickname. Case and point, I live in the State of Montana, and Montana's most well-known nickname is Big Sky Country, but Montana is also known by the nickname of the Stubtoe State. So, while you are going into the history of how states in the US got their names and nicknames, please be aware there might be a few more nicknames for some states than others. And chances are each state might have a minimum of 2 or 3 nicknames, as opposed to the thought that each state only has 1 nickname moving forward.

[@dash-ryan]

How about the name "Ashley?"

[@wannabehistorian371]

Btw in Welsh “w” is pronounced “oo”. And what is “no one does barely anything in Star Wars” supposed to mean?

[@PacesIII]

How about the name Corinne? I've heard Coreen and Cor-in as pronunciations. Also, many Corinnes I've met have nicknames seemingly unrelated to their name, such as Corky and Stevie. What is going on with this name?

[@victorgomes103]

A famous Gwen Stefani song is "Hollaback Girl". She is part of a band called No Doubt, known for songs like "Don't Speak".

[@PockASqueeno]

“Hella Good” is the first song I think of when I hear her name. It was by No Doubt.

[@5batsupertourer]

Pure is a better translation in this context; Eurwen = Pure gold, Bronwen = Pure heart. Gwen on its own, just fair or pure.

[@claredanu2755]

I am still marvelling at the fact that you are not in fact a cartoon character :o

[@Jan_Koopman]

When I hear "Gwen", I think of Gwendolyn Tennysson (from the tv show "Ben 10")

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Same

[@screwthisin]

I think of Gwenivere from the King Arthur saga!

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

Literally, same lol

[@RERM001]

@Craig Johnson My name is Gwe-anda(?) - Wait, your name is Wanda?

[@VerbaleMondo]

Same 😂😂😂

[@OO-oe3th]

Oh nice my little sister is named Gwendolyn and she does by Gwen, but for a short time she wanted to be called Dolyn

[@mordeys]

when i hear Gwen i think of Gwendolyn.

[@dracone4370]

Fun fact, in the series Ben 10, Ben's cousin he spends most of the series with, along with Grandpa Max, is named Gwen. It is later revealed her full first name is Gwendalyn. In the original Ben 10, and its follow-ups (Alien Force, Ulitmate Alien, and Omniforce), Gwen is often to be the planner and a problem solver who enjoys challenging puzzles, but at the same time, she later discovers she has a talent for what is first presented as magic but later revealed to an inherited ability to manipulate life energies from her grandmother, Verdona. Ben on the other hand is also shown to be pretty smart, but he's more of an in-the-moment, hands-on, type of problem solver. And it's often shown that when the two actually do manage to work together, they were very much the type to quarrel with each other more often than not in the original series, then things got done way better than either anticipated. Their grandfather Max's full first name is Maxwell.

[@CheLanguages]

Name Explain: What is Gwen even short for? Me, a Witcher: Gwent.

[@StAugustine6]

My sister's name is Gwenda. Named after my father's sister. My father is from Kent, and his father is Welsh, so the connection there is obvious. She always goes by Gwenda, and is often frustrated as people always think that her name is Gwen or Gwendolyn, as those forms of the name are far more common here in the US.

[@JennieWrenStar]

So glad you mentioned my name, I didn’t know it was originally a Cornish form though, as soon as you explained the meaning of Gwen, I knew it was the same name because it has the same meaning. The biggest surprise was Genevieve, I was told all my life (by (originally English) family friends who lived in France, that it was my french name; but as you say, it has a different meaning altogether! Over the years, I’ve learned so much from your videos Patrick, thank you. I’m going to increase my patronage a little, I wish it could be more. Good luck getting to the magical number, you deserve it for all your hard work!

[@ftumschk]

4:51 Gwenhwyfar has three syllables, and can be approximated as Gwen-HOY-var - it's the Welsh form of Guinevere. Also Gwenfron = gwenvron. For future ref, the single letter "f" is the Welsh equivalent of "v"... it's always pronounced like the "f" in "of", not as in "off". Welsh uses "ff" for the latter sound.

[@noelleggett5368]

Patrick! Gwenhwyfar, (pronounced gwen-HOOY-var), is actually ‘Guinevere’ spelt in Welsh. (Guinevere is the Anglo-French spelling of the Welsh name). Gwen (fair, pure, white) + Hwyfar (spirit); It means “pure/fair spirit”. It has nothing to do with Mary, which in Welsh is “Mair” (pronounced like “mire”), often found in its ‘softened’ form “Fair” (pronounced like “vire”). Llanfair means (St) Mary’s church.

[@Doughy_in_the_Middle]

Because you mentioned the "extra Y" in Gweyn, it also reminded me of one of my high school teachers who had a somewhat rare/unique name: Bronwyn. To the ear, it also dances a bit with some of the "Gwen" variants. Looking at the etymology now, I see "-yn" is often just a feminizing suffix. Still, when you mentioned "Gwenfron" it also reminded me of when I looked up "Brownyn" as a teenager and -- having a crush on said teacher who was fairly well endowed -- the etymology was "pale/fair breasted". Teenage (yet shy) hormones couldn't get that mental image out for the remainder of middle school.

[@theGypsyViking]

Gwen isn't the only name that came from Gwendolyn. The name Wendy is also said to come from that name.

[@KorosuKano]

As for Gwens in videogames, there was a little girl named Gwen in Guild Wars. She followed you around in the early game and acquired a sort of creepy/mythological status sparking lots of theories among players. Eventually, Arena.net published a full expansion named Eye of the North, shortened GW:EN, where she came back as a companion and was much more developed as a character. It was pretty cool how an anecdotal character eventually became someone relevant in the lore because of how it sparked the imagination of the playerbase.

[@denisenova7494]

When I hear Gwendolyn it makes me think of bondage. That's because there's a German band with a famous song about a girl named Gwendlyn and it has adult topics...(bondage, kink etc).

[@yukinosarkhel3001]

When I hear Gwen the first thing that comes to my mind is Gwenhwyfar from the Arthurian legends

[@DexFire1115]

League of Legends players: “My time has come”

[@Tsuruchi_420]

... There's someone called gwen in league? Edit: forget i asked, it's the new one, hadn't got her name yet

[@rowanisntreal]

4:00 speaking of Genevieve, i used to have a friend names Gwenevieve(i think that's how it's spelled)

[@cutehursty5641]

oh my gosh i remember when this channel had 2k subs !!! :D keep it up

[@jasonhatt4295]

Gwendolyn right?

[@jasonhatt4295]

Behold! It is me! Your older self! From.... 10 MINUTES IN THE FUTURE!!! Yes, you are correct, but also it stands for so much more, and also stands alone, but what does this mean? .... The answer will be revealed... IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!

[@rahbeeuh]

@@jasonhatt4295 haha this is gold 😁

[@jasonhatt4295]

@@rahbeeuh Thank you 😃

[@txlmu]

Gwen from Total Drama/ Dramarama

[@TheZenytram]

are you fucking seriously that Darksoul's royal god family names are REAL names, mindfuckingblow.

[@Neferkariusz31]

Of fictional Gwens, there is also Gwen the goth girl from Total Drama.

[@danielimmortuos666]

You forgot Gwen from Ben 10

[@Illumisepoolist]

There's also Gwen Tennyson and Gwen from the Total Drama series.

[@محمدالزعبي-ن9ظ]

There's also Gwen from Ben 10!

[@wintermatter]

Has anyone made a dark souls reference yet? Then from the dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame. Nito, the First of the Dead, The Witch of Izalith and her Daughters of Chaos, Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights. And the Furtive Pygmy, so easily forgotten

[@MrNuWow]

Gwen is different to gwyn. Gwyn is the welsh word for white.

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

Makes me think of the full roots of my surname, Guynn (pronounced Gwen). Supposedly, it has a mix of Irish and French roots, originally being O'Guynn with older generations of the name.

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

Is it weird that I associate the name Gwen with blonde girls?

[@KateeAngel]

I don't. I always imagine it to be better for dark/auburn haired ones. Idk why, maybe my dumb stereotypes about Welsh

[@zerwif]

Well, the examples he gave of famous Gwens were all blonde.

[@stuartblittley3531]

please name-explain all districts of england!

[@dsanchez9703]

Gwenevyre?

[@jobobminer8843]

Slight correction - Only some of the angels in the Bible are wheels covered in eyes. The others have even weirder appearances like six wings and multiple different animal heads.

[@faeoori]

I always think of gwendolyn when I think of the name Gwen

[@benjaminprietop]

Gwendolyne reminds me of the third Wallace & Gromit short, where there's a character with that name

[@TomJohnson67]

Yes, the wool shop owner, but she goes by Wendy.

[@rogerwitte]

Do any of Genevieve/Jennifer relate to Juniper (Geneva in Dutch), the berry used to flavour Gin?

[@JL-ti3us]

Gwen Tennyson?

[@kamrongrant]

That you started singing it... lol absolutely love it! XD

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

Also shoutout to Wendy from Peter Pan, as Wendy comes from a nickname for Gwendolyn

[@OwainGaming]

As a welshman (good luck on saying the names) 😂 Oh Gwenan linked with Gwen no?

[@igitha..._]

As far back as time immemorial we have asked the Gwy's the the Gwots but the real question was Gwen

[@modmaker7617]

Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson from Ben 10 is the first time I heard the name Gwen in my life.

[@PockASqueeno]

I’ve never heard the name Gwenda. Is it related to Glenda? More first name videos please!

[@Murphio25]

There's Gwyn from Dark Souls and all of his children who are named similarly to names found in this video, except his first born son who's name is unkown. Gwyn is a man, but due to the themes of the game of dark relating to humanity and light relating to godhood it makes sense that he'd be named Gwyn since he is the King of the gods in a very zeus or odin like fashion.

[@loonyt22]

John and all its related names might make a good topic.

[@rogerwitte]

Is the version meaning 'Snow White' a fairy tale ;) ?

[@tompatterson1548]

Gwenivere dates back to Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar, and is also of the same origin as Jennifer. Gwenhwyfar too.

[@rtyertrt7876]

Thank you for the video and now I understand why spider Gwen costume is white

[@rogerwitte]

For what it' worth, when I shaved my beard off I found men complemented my appearance less but women liked my looks better (compared to previously). Admittedly that was 20 years ago and there is some evidence that women's taste in hirsute males varies periodically.

[@chifuyuko]

Where does Wendy come from?

[@malingmann]

"The damned cat!", aka Guenhwyvar, is not spelled the same way, but might be of similar origin.

[@kittyprydekissme]

How about a video for all the names that Al is short for? That might be a long one.

[@richardjamesgallardojr.7584]

Gwendolyn is a name fit for a princess.

[@randyyy2609]

Noooo, Patrick... not your beard!! But actually, I want this to happen. So now I'm donating you a bit more money than I did before. ;-)

[@HalfEye79]

I think, Gwen is slightly similar to Gudrun, a name of nordic origin.

[@dorderre]

I was told that the name Wendy didn't exist prior to the book Peter Pan, which can't be right, can it? I mean names like Gwendolyn existed for ages before that and surely someone must have nicknamed a Gwendolyn as Wendy before Peter Pan was written, right?

[@ChilliGotPaws]

Im called Gwen but mine is shortened from Gwendolyn

[@jorgehaswag7294]

my name is owen and i remember having a gwen in my class throughout elementary school which was fun

[@harveymogarawanderingfilip5318]

Can you do "Harvey" next?

[@jazzblue9005]

Thankyou for mentioning Gwyneth even though it's a completely different Welsh name

[@GlennSimpkins]

Gwen Thackery from Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2

[@mindyourcube7932]

Hey this looks nice

[@kevindoom]

what happend you produced a lot of name explains?

[@mildlycornfield]

The letter 'F' is pronounced like 'V' in welsh!

[@thawhiteazn]

Ferdinand Magellan is one of the most famous people from history...

[@500mph7]

My cousins name is Gwynth names after her great great aunt named Gwendolyn

[@greamespens1460]

I wonder how difficult it would be to make a candle that smells like surströmming.

[@Meerkathaut]

My friend has a daughter whose name is Gwennyth

[@spddiesel]

The White Shadow was what I named my car back in high school. I guess I should've just called her Guinevere.

[@douglasphillips5870]

I named my car Gwendolyn

[@spddiesel]

@@douglasphillips5870 do kids still do that, or did that die out when it became damn near impossible to work on your own vehicle?

[@douglasphillips5870]

@@spddiesel This was long ago. When you talk to your car while you're driving through a snowstorm it sounds better if the car has a name. So, I would say, "come on, Gwendolyn, you can do it."

[@rach_laze]

@@spddiesel its definitely still a thing, my mum even goes as far as to name the sat nav too 🙃 her last car was called Phylis and the sat nav was Daphne, my dads current car is called christine and mine is called Priscilla

[@spddiesel]

@@douglasphillips5870 nothing more fun than ripping donuts in the high school parking lot after a good couple inches 🤣🤣🤣

[@gunjfur8633]

I think the most popular fictional Gwyn with a Y (but still the same name) is the Lord of Cinder

[@Kylora2112]

I know 3 Gwens. One is a Gwendolyn, one is a Guinevere, one is a Gwyneth.

[@ryanmyers8335]

can you do RYAN next plz!!

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

Before watching: I was pretty sure it was short for "Gwendolyn"

[@AD-jq7ow]

Gwendoline ???

[@ianprince1698]

in memory of my mum Gwen Gwenith

[@KevinBuritica]

Ben10 Fans: Pain.

[@wendychavez5348]

People often think my name is short for Gwendolyn, though my parents have assured me that Wendy is not short for anything.

[@mirzatheteenageboy]

It's Gwanda

[@Tsuruchi_420]

6:55 "we have whales here"

[@KateeAngel]

Gwenllian. Try to pronounce it in Welsh)

[@danielimmortuos666]

Ikr he butchered all the Welsh names lol

[@Iskaid]

Gwenchian 😅 I've been taking Welsh, never thought it would be handy. What do you know. Lol

[@cikgutinghuaeechannel4782]

Gwen Tennyson from Ben 10

[@chwilhogyn]

GWYNETH is the feminine form of GWYNEDD. TH pronounced as TH in THOR. DD pronounced as TH in THE or THEN. Dd and Th are single sound letters in the Welsh language Dd follows D and Th follows Th the Cornish equivalent are DH and Z or Zh. GWYNEDD etymology is derived from the Brythonic 'Weyndh' 'Forest People' later latinised to 'Venedotis' but later in Middle Welsh 'Guynet'. The Romans encountered the 'ORDOVICES' while invading the North and Mid Wales which was latinised form of 'GORDDWIG' meaning 'Hammer Tribe'

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

4:00 Genevieve is an absolutely sexy name 💙

[@Adventurepee]

I thought it was spelled Gwenyth

[@marshmartian4619]

my name is Gwen but I’ve never know of anyone else whose name is short for Gwendalyn :[

[@agneevesh4306]

Maybe penguin 😂

[@pillmuncher67]

Gwen Cooper!

[@PockASqueeno]

Since when has Gwyneth been a popular name? 🤔

[@Willy48420]

I met a little girl named Gwenanngabelle at work one night

[@mevb]

I have heard two of Gwen Stefani's songs: the first Sweet Escape which I hated, mostly thinkng that the "whoo-hoo, yee-hoo" was so freaking annoying but this is nothing compaired to the trash we hear on the mainstream radio, but I digress... In contrast, 4 in the Morning is the other song I heard and I really like that one. I recommend at least the former than the latter but maybe I'll give Sweet Escape another chance, maybe I opinion have changed for this, as well as listening to other songs she has done.

[@aidanwoodford8195]

It's interesting how Gwen means white and all the examples mentioned happened to be blonde. Maybe subcontiously named their children for etymological purposes, or maybe these women dyed their hair later in life to fulfill the meaning of their name.

[@WDCallahan]

Obviously it's short for Gwenothy.

[@acg3934]

Gwendolyn basically means 'white moon'. Also, you forgot Gwenwynwyn lol

[@lumm0x267]

Gwentholomew

[@n2201]

Gretchen please

[@craigstephenson7676]

Gwenjamin

[@whatthefridge1o1]

I have an Auntie Gwen

[@kaethestendel7088]

We all know Gwendolyn and we suffer Who wrotes her fully name guess no one

[@HornetMain]

Wales gang!

[@axezazel]

Gwenlivet 18 master of malt 😄