Girl name Welsh origin Christian tradition

Guinevere

GWIN-uh-veer · 9 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Fair one; white phantom
Language
Welsh
Culture
Welsh
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
mythological · royal
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#947
2024 births277
Peak year2022
First appeared1912
Total US births4,294
2022 peak19121940196819962024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
GwenVera
Alternate spellings
GuenivereGwenhwyfar
In other languages
Guinevere (English)Guenièvre (French)Ginebra (Spanish)Ginevra (Italian)Gwenhwyfar (Welsh)

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