Gwendolen

Another fictional namesake is a minor character in Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis, a Telmarine human schoolgirl who is the only one in her school not to run away in fear of Aslan, and who subsequently joins his followers. Presumably Lewis liked the name, too. :-)

Gwendolen "Gwen" John (1876 – 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although she was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother Augustus John and her lover Auguste Rodin, her reputation has grown steadily since her death.

As stated before, there was a character named Gwendolen in Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance Of Being Earnest'. Her full name was Gwendolen Fairfax.

In Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, Gwendolen is a queen who goes to war with her husband after he betrays her for another woman. She wins, buries her dead husband, kills the other woman and the woman's daughter, and proceeds to rule with wisdom and kindness. Some Arthurian legends also give Merlin a wife named Gwendolen. I love this name, though I prefer it spelled -lyn rather than -len. I'm a sucker for Gwen names.

Gwendolen Chant is a character in Diana Wynne Jones' book Charmed Life, and she's horrible. There's also another horrible Gwendolen in Enid Blyton's Malory Towers series (actually Gwendoline Mary). Consequently, I don't like the name much.

Gwendolen Harleth is a character in George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda.

She was also a great character in Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Ernest."