Pagan Names

Jennifer

Pronounced JEN iff er
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About the name Jennifer

Jennifer is a Cornish variant of the name Guinevere which is itself a Middle English variant of the old Welsh name Gwenhwyfar which means "white" or "smooth" "fairy woman".
Of course Gwenhwyfar / Guinevere was King Arthur's wife.

Related Names

Jenna, Genna, Jenni, Jenny, Genoveva, Ginevra, Genebra, Geneviev

Origin
Europe
Celtic

myth, literature

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