63%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage French, Breton Pronounced Pron. GWEH-NA-EHL(French) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "blessed and generous" from Breton gwenn meaning "white, fair, blessed" and hael meaning "generous". Saint Gwenhael was a 6th-century abbot of Brittany. Family Tree·DetailsRelated Names DiminutiveNaël(French) Feminine FormsGwenaëlle(French) Gwenaëlle(Breton) User SubmissionGwenael DetailsPopularity Last ranked #482 in 1976 (Gwenaël) #483 in 2002 (Gwenael) France Name Days?Name Days France: November 3 Categories colors, saints, virtues, white Entry updated February 28, 2019 ·