Gyneth

Girls' name

Variant of Gwyneth

Gyneth has been given to 96 babies in the U.S. since 1905. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Gyneth, 1944

1 in 538,000

Gyneth over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gyneth: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Gwyneth

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gyneth means

Gyneth is a variant of Gwyneth.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gyneth is used in Arthurian Cycle.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Gyneth → Gwyneth → Gwyneth. The family’s proposed meaning is “white; fair”, recorded in Welsh with the source elements gwyn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gwyneth.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 96 girls were recorded with the name Gyneth between 1905 and 1944. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1920; its best national rank was #2,063 in 1905.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Gyneth?

Gyneth had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1944, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1944: 1 in 538,000; 5 of 2,689,998 births
Among girls only: 1 in 265,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1944: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 372,914 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gyneth sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1944 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 372,914 children born in 1944 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gyneth. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gyneths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gyneth was born before 1923 — so the typical Gyneth is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 76.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Gyneth rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (13)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 54.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,063; 1905

Spellings of Gyneth

Gyneth is not the most common spelling — Gwyneth is, with 47.7% against Gyneth's 0.69%.

Gwyneth47.7%6,657
Janeth34.3%4,792
Gweneth9.4%1,318
Yaneth7.9%1,103
Gyneth0.69%96

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gyneth by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,063; 1905
Peak year: 1920; 13 that year
First recorded: 1905
Last recorded: 1944
All-time count: 96
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gyneth

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Elieth Ayleth Aileth Zareth Anneth Daleth Jireth Pauleth Aseneth Yesbeth Adaleth Darleth Elizeth Dareth Gynesis Mirleth Judeth Aneth Suzeth Izbeth Lineth Lilieth Yulieth Yiseth

Sibling names for Gyneth

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Adella Mittie

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Otha Hilton Casimir Edd

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