Jennifer

• Jenifer

From Cornish, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever (cognate with Welsh Gwenhwyfar), from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnhuɨβar, from Proto-Celtic *Windosēbaris (“white spirit”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnɪfɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnɪfə/
• Hyphenation: Jen‧ni‧fer

Jennifer

1. A female given name.
   • 1906 George Bernard Shaw, The Doctor's Dilemma, Act I:

     RIDGEON. Thats a wonderful drawing. Why is it called Jennifer?

     MRS DUBEDAT. My name is Jennifer.

     RIDGEON. A strange name.

     MRS DUBEDAT. Not in Cornwall. I am Cornish. It's only what you call Guinevere.

   • 1960 Jerrard Tickell, The Hunt for Richard Thorpe, Doubleday, page 10:

     "Most people's sisters have decent names like Jennifer or Jane or something. What did you say hers was?"

   • 2000 Dana Stabenow, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Dutton, →ISBN, page 131:

     Jennifer. Jenny with the light brown hair. Jenny-fair, their high school French teacher had called her, and fair she had been.

The name was mostly used in Cornwall before the 20th century. It became popular in all English-speaking countries, first in UK in the 1950s, and then in US as the top name for women born in 1970-1984.

• Gaynor
• Ginevra
• Guinevere
• pet forms: Jeni, Jen, Jennie, Jenny, Jenni, Jeny

From English Jennifer, from Cornish, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever (cognate with Welsh Gwenhwyfar), from Proto-Celtic *Windosēbaris (“white spirit”).

Jennifer

1. a female given name

From English Jennifer in the 20th century.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ.ni.fɛʁ/

Jennifer

1. A female given name.

From English Jennifer in the 20th century.

Jennifer

1. A female given name.

From English Jennifer in the 20th century.

Jennifer c (genitive Jennifers)

1. A female given name.