Gwyneth (sometimes Gweneth) is a

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feminine

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which derives from the kingdom of

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

. Notable people: *

Gwyneth Boodoo Gwyneth M. Boodoo (born Trinidad) is an American psychologist and expert on educational measurement. Boodoo received her doctorate in educational measurement from the University of Toronto in 1978. She has taught at Texas A&M University, where she ...

, an American psychologist and expert on educational measurement *

Gwyneth Cravens Gwyneth Cravens is an American novelist and journalist. She has published five novels. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in ''The New Yorker'', where she also worked as a fiction editor, and in ''Harper's Magazine'', where she was an associa ...

, an American novelist and journalist *

Gwyneth Dunwoody Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips; 12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008) was a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from February 1 ...

(1930–2008), a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom *

Gwyneth Glyn Gwyneth Glyn (born Gwyneth Glyn Evans, 14 December 1979) is a Welsh language poet and musician. Biography Gwyneth Glyn was born in St David's Hospital in Bangor, Gwynedd, and grew up at her family home in Llanarmon. She was educated at Ysgol G ...

(born 1979), a Welsh language poet and musician *

Gwyneth Herbert Gwyneth Herbert (born 26 August 1981) is a British singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Initially known for her interpretation of jazz and Swing (genre), swing jazz standard, standards, she is now established ...

(born 1981), a British singer-songwriter and composer *

Gwyneth Ho Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam (; born 24 August 1990) is a Hong Kong social activist and former reporter of the now defunct news outlet ''Stand News'', who rose to prominence for her frontline reporting in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. In June 2020, ...

(born 1990), a Hong Kong social activist and former journalist *

Gwyneth Hughes Gwyneth Hughes is a British documentary director and screenwriter who works mainly in television. Early life She is a former newspaper journalist from the north of England. Career Her credits include the crime drama '' Five Days'', ''Cherished' ...

, British screenwriter and documentary director *

Mabel Gweneth Humphreys Mabel Gweneth Humphreys was a Canadian-American mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Randolph-Macon Women's College. The M. Gweneth Humphreys Award of the Association for Women in Mathematics was established in her honor. Education H ...

, mathematician *

Gwyneth Johnstone Gwyneth Johnstone (18 June 1915 – 8 December 2010) was an English painter who worked on oil and created landscapes containing individuals in modern landscapes starting from the 1950s. Born as the illegitimate daughter to the musician Nora Brow ...

(1915–2010), English landscape painter *

Gwyneth Jones (novelist) Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam. Biography and writing career Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education ...

(born 1952), a British science fiction and fantasy writer and critic *

Dame Gwyneth Jones (soprano) Dame Gwyneth Jones (born 7 November 1936) is a Welsh dramatic soprano, widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos in the second half of the 20th century. Early life and career Jones was born in Pontnewynydd, Monmouthshire, Wal ...

DBE (born 1936), a Welsh soprano *

Gwyneth Lewis Gwyneth Denver Davies (born 1959), known professionally as Gwyneth Lewis, is a Welsh poet, who was the inaugural National Poet of Wales in 2005. She wrote the text that appears over the Wales Millennium Centre. Biography Gwyneth Lewis was b ...

(born 1959), a Welsh poet, and the first National Poet for Wales *

Gweneth Lilly Gweneth Lilly (24 September 1920 – 5 April 2004) was a Welsh writer and teacher who authored novels, children's and teenage books and adult books in English and Welsh. She worked as a teacher at the University of Liverpool and later at St. Mary' ...

(1920–2004), Welsh writer and teacher * Gweneth Molony (born 1932), Australian figure skater *

Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (; born ) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films ...

(born 1972), an American actress and businesswoman. *

Gwyneth Powell Gwyneth Powell (5 July 1946 – 8 September 2022) was an English actress. She was best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McClusky in the BBC television series ''Grange Hill'' for eleven series between 1981 and 1991. Background Po ...

(1946-2022), an English actress *

Gwyneth Rees Gwyneth Rees (born 10 May 1968) is a British author of children's books. Her novel ''The Mum Hunt'' won the Red House Children's Book Award for Younger Readers in 2019, and another, ''My Mum's from Planet Pluto'', was nominated for the Carnegie ...

(born 1968), a British author of children's books *

Gwyneth Scally Gwyneth Scally (born in Washington, DC) is a visual contemporary artist in New York, United States. Artwork Scally's work is figurative and psychological, much of it deals with elevating biology over religion and with issues of nature and ecolog ...

, a visual contemporary artist from Tucson, Arizona, United States *

Gwyneth Stallard Gwyneth Mary Stallard is a British mathematician whose research concerns complex dynamics and the iteration of meromorphic functions. She is a professor of pure mathematics at the Open University. Education and career Stallard read mathematics ...

, British mathematician *

Gwyneth Strong Gwyneth Strong (born 2 December 1959) is an English actress. She has appeared in ''Shadows'' (1975), ''Angels'' (1976), ''Crown Court'' and ''Z-Cars'' (1977), ''Play for Today'' (1980-1984), ''Silent Witness'' (1996). However, she is best known fo ...

(born 1959), an English actress *

Gwyneth Walker Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 22 March 1947) is an American music educator and composer. Biography Walker was born in New York to a Quaker family and grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut. She began her first efforts at composition at an early age a ...

(born 1947), an American composer *

Gwenethe Walshe Gwenethe Walshe (5 February 1908 – 22 January 2006)Peggy Spencer; Janet Clark; Vernon Kemp death announcement, retrieved 12 August 2007 was a leading British Latin and ballroom dancer. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, she lived most of her life in ...

(1908–2006), British dancer *

Gweneth Whitteridge Gweneth Whitteridge FRCP (20 October 1910 – 3 September 1993), a British scholar of medical history, was president of the History of Medicine Society of the Royal Society of Medicine of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1985. She studied Mediaeval ...

, medical historian Gwyneth is also the name of the following fictional characters: *a character in the ''

Fur Fighters ''Fur Fighters'' (titled ''Furrballs'' in early development) is a video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Dreamcast in 2000, later for Microsoft Windows. The game was first announced as a Dreamcas ...

'' video game *the title character of ''Gwyneth and the Thief'', a young adult historical romance novel written by

Margaret Moore Margaret Moore is a Canadian author of romance novels. Biography The ''USA Today'' bestselling author of over 40 historical romance novels and novellas, Margaret Moore graduated with distinction from the University of Toronto with a degree in ...

*Gwyneth, a character in the Dragonlance novel ''

The Legend of Huma ''The Legend of Huma'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Richard A. Knaak, the first in the Heroes Sextet of Dragonlance novels. It was based on characters and settings from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's ''Dragonlance Chronicles'' serie ...

'' *Gwynneth, an Australian Masked Owl from the Wolves of the Beyond fantasy novel series by Kathryn Lasky

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