Girl name Welsh origin

Jennifer

JEN-ih-fer · 8 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Fair one; white wave — modern form of Guinevere
Language
Welsh
Culture
Welsh
Religion
Secular
Style era
modern
Themes
literary · royal
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#547
2024 births552
Peak year1972
First appeared1919
Total US births1,471,191
1972 peak19191945197219982024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
JenJennyJenna
Alternate spellings
JeniferJennefer
In other languages
Jennifer (English)Ginevra (Italian)Guinevere (Welsh)

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