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It's beautiful and sounds very sophisticated.
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Pretty name! My best friend is named Gwyneth and everyone calls her Gwyn, it's adorable! I love it.
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Not very attractive, and it reminds me of Gwyneth Paltrow.
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I don't care for this.
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Gwynyth Walsh (note that her name is spelled Gwynyth not Gwyneth) is a Canadian actress.
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Gwyneth was the original given name of the Broadway star and famous dancer Gwen Verdon (1925-2000), which may be why some people use Gwen as a pet form of Gwyneth even though the vowel sound is different.
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Though not a fan of Paltrow, I love this name! I have a vision of winnowing wheat on a warm spring day.
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Normally Welsh girl's names have to be spelled Gwen and the males Gwyn, but this one is the exception since it comes from Gwynaeth, the Welsh word for joy rather than the Gwen/Gwyn word.
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The name Gwyneth was given to 236 girls born in the US in 2015.
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I want to like this name, but unfortunately I can't help but think of that repulsive, overexposed, hypocritical "celebrity" Gwyneth Paltrow.
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This is my name and I spell it Gwyneth and people often spell it Gwienth. I don't know how you can mess it up that bad.
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I find the name Gwyneth really beautiful. This is a lovely name.
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I adore this name! It's so exotic and beautiful!
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I prefer Gwyneth over Gwenyth by a mile. However, my best friend, Gwyneth, pronounces her name like Gwen-ith, and I prefer this pronunciation over Gwin-eth.
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The name Gwyneth was given to 207 baby girls born in the US in 2012.
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This name is very beautiful, and it has a nice meaning. I dislike Gwyneth Paltrow, though, so I probably wouldn't use it.
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This and Gwenyth are possibly Anglicizations of Gwendydd, a supposed saint and daughter of Brychan. In some Arthurian legends, Gwen(d)dydd is given as the name of Merlin's sister. The name is composed of elements 'gwen' ('white') and 'dydd' ('day'), and carries the literal and figurative meaning 'morning star'.
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Gwyneth Jones is a famous Welsh Wagnerian soprano, best known for the role of Brünnhilde in the legendary Centenary Ring production, directed by Patrice Chéreau and conducted by Pierre Boulez.
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Even though I love the name Guinevere, regardless of whether you pronounce it GWEN-eneveer or GWYN-eveer, I hate this name. It always sounded old-fashioned to me somehow, like the name of old people. I don't like the ending with the ''th''.
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Gwenyth is not an alternate spelling of Gwyneth. The two have different sounds. Gwenyth is pronounced with the short "e" sound as in GWEN-ith, whereas Gwyneth is pronounced with the short "i" sound as in GWIN-eth.
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This name reminds me of an old person. I don't know why.
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This is my favorite spelling of Gwenyth.
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Gorgeous name, and I like the nickname Gwen. Very feminine!
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Actually, this name is pronounced with an 'i' sound. 'Gwenyth' or 'Gwendolyn' are pronounced with an 'e' sound, though!
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I prefer this spelling over Gwenyth. This spelling didn't appear on BC vital stastics for 2005 but the spelling Gwenyth did.
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A famous bearer of this name is Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
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In addition to the above comment, Gwyneth Kate Paltrow on September 28, 1972. She won an Oscar for Best Actress for "Shakespeare in Love" in 1998.
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I really think that this is a very beautiful name and I am glad to have it. But I think that it is high time people started pronouncing my name right! My name is not Gwen, it is Gwyneth. If you don't understand how to pronounce my name then just pretend that the y is making an i sound. Like win. Well, that is all for now!
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I cannot stress this comment enough! It's also my name. Be aware that if you name your child Gwyneth, people will be mispronouncing and misspelling it their entire life. The correct, Welsh pronunciation is using an 'i' sound. If you want to name your child Gwen, maybe you could call them Gwendolyn. Even many of my long-time friends pronounce my name with an 'e' sound simply because they don't know better and it's more common.
To anyone considering naming their daughter Gwyneth:
Please carefully weigh and consider how important it is for your daughter to have an unusual/foreign name with how important it is that anyone spells or pronounces it correctly.
All I will say is that, nobody calling me by my real name, with an 'i' sound, gets old. It gets really old. It matters more than you might think.
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To anyone considering naming their daughter Gwyneth:
Please carefully weigh and consider how important it is for your daughter to have an unusual/foreign name with how important it is that anyone spells or pronounces it correctly.
All I will say is that, nobody calling me by my real name, with an 'i' sound, gets old. It gets really old. It matters more than you might think.
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