Gwen (given name)
Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy". It can also be a shortened form of Gwenhwyfar or other names beginning with the same element, such as:
- Gwenhael, Gwenael, Gwenvael, Gwenaelle
- Gwenda
- Gwendolen, Gwendoline, Gwendolyn
- Gweneira
- Gwenfair Mary"
- Winefride
- Gwenfron
- Gwenyth, Gwenith
- Gwenllian
- Gwennant
- Gwenola
People
- Gwen Apuli, Filipino singer and member of girl group Bini
- Gwen Benaway, Canadian poet and activist
- Gwen Barlee, Canadian environmental activist
- Gwen Berry, American hammer thrower
- Gwen Bristow, American author and journalist
- Gwen Carr, American activist, public speaker, and author
- Gwen Davis, American novelist
- Gwen Dickey, American musician
- Gwen ferch Ellis, the first recorded woman accused of witchcraft in Wales
- Gwen Farrar, English musician, actress and comedian
- Gwen Fleming, Australian doctor
- Gwen Frostic, American artist, entrepreneur, and author
- Gwen Gillen, American sculptor and artist
- Gwen Graham, American lawyer and politician
- Gwen Guthrie, American singer
- Gwen Hall, American minister and activist
- Gwen Harwood, Australian poet
- Gwen Heeney, British sculptor
- Gwen Ifill, American journalist
- Gwen John, Welsh artist
- Gwen Jorgensen, American world and Olympic champion triathlete
- Gwen Kelly, Australian novelist and short-story writer
- Gwen Knapp, American sports journalist
- Gwen Shamblin Lara, American founder of the Remnant Fellowship Cult and The Weigh Down Workshop
- Gwen Lee, American actress
- Gwen Margolis, American politician
- Gwen Marston, American quilter, teacher, lecturer, and author
- Gwen McCrae, American singer
- Gwen Meredith, Australian writer, dramatist and playwright, and radio writer
- Gwen Moore, American politician
- Gwen Nagel, New Zealand cricketer and international cricket umpire
- Gwen Ngwenya, South African academic and politician
- Gwen O'Mahony, Canadian politician
- Gwen Plumb, Australian performer
- Gwen van Poorten, Dutch television presenter
- Gwen Ramokgopa, South African politician
- Gwen Raverat, English wood engraving artist
- Gwen Rix, New Zealand diver
- Gwen Richardson, Australian actress and travel writer
- Gwen Sebastian, American country-rock singer
- Gwen Shamblin, American author
- Gwen Smith, Trinidadian cricketer of the 1990s
- Gwen Somerset, New Zealand educator
- Gwen Stefani, American pop-rock, Ska and R&B singer
- Gwen Svekis, American softball player
- Gwen Teirbron, Sixth century Breton saint
- Gwen Torrence, American sprinter and Olympic champion
- Gwen Verdon, American dancer and actress
- Gwen Walz, American civic leader and educator
- Gwen Watford, English actress
Fictional characters
- Saint Gwen Teirbron
- Gwen Choke, James Adams' deceased mother in the CHERUB novel series
- Gwen Cooper, one of the main protagonists in the television series Torchwood
- Gwen Cummings, character in 28 Days
- Gwen Grayson, a character in the movie Sky High
- Gwen Kindle, a character from the stop-motion series The Most Popular Girls in School
- Gwen Mallard, a little duck from Migration
- Gwen Meighen, an air stewardess from the 1968 novel Airport and its 1970 film adaptation
- Gwen Norbeck Munson, from the TV soap opera As the World Turns
- Gwen Raiden, from the TV series Angel
- Gwen Rizczech, from the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Gwen Runck, from the TV series That '90s Show
- Gwen Stacy, character found in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Gwen Stacy, fictional character in Marc Webb's Amazing Spider-Man films
- Gwen Tennyson, from Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise
- Gwen West, a character from the TV sitcom Gavin & Stacey
- Gwen Hotchkiss Winthrop, from the American soap opera Passions
- Gwen Wu, a character from the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Mighty B!
- Gwen, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
- Gwen, a minor character from the American animated series Mission Hill
- Gwen, a character from the Canadian animated series Total Drama
- Gwen, a minor character from 6teen
- Gwen, a 2009 "Girl of the Year" doll from the American Girl collection
- Gwen, the recurring character from Johnny and the Sprites
- Gwen, a recurring character from Sam & Cat
- Gwen, a recurring character in the MMORPG Guild Wars, its expansion pack, and its sequel
- Gwen, the castle's kitchen maid from Sofia the First
- Gwen, a gunslinger hero in the video game Vainglory
- Gwendaline, a character from the movie Bad Moms
- Gwen, from the British TV series Merlin
- Gwen, the Hallowed Seamstress, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''
Marvel Entertainment
- Gwen Poole, the protagonist of the Unbelievable Gwenpool comic book series
- Gwen Stacy (Earth-616), a love interest of Peter Parker in many of the Spider-Man comic book series
- * Gwen Stacy (Earth-65), the superhero Spider-Woman in the Spider-Gwen comic book series
- ** Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld in the Spider-Verse films
- * Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man), portrayed by Emma Stone in the Amazing Spider-Man films
- Gwen Warren / Spider-Girl, a superhero and member of the X-Men