Jennifer (also: Jenifer or Jenniffer ) is a female given name . Name day is May 30th .
Jennifer is the Cornish version of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar . The name is made up of gwen "white, beautiful" and hwyfar "smooth, soft", which means "beautiful face, white cheek".
In Arthurian legend it is the name of King Arthur's wife (see Guinevere ).
distribution
Previously practically uncommon, the name Jennifer gained popularity in Germany in the mid-1960s. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the name was continuously among the ten most frequently given female first names. Since then, its popularity has waned.
Well-known namesake
Jennifer Aniston (born 1969), American actress
Jenifer Bartoli (* 1982), French pop singer
Jennifer Capriati (* 1976), American tennis player
Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), American actress
Jennifer Garner (born 1972), American actress
Jenniffer González (* 1976), Puerto Rican-American politician
Jennifer Heil (* 1983), Canadian skier
Jennifer Hof (* 1991), German mannequin and photo model
Jennifer Holliday (* 1960), American R&B singer
Jennifer Hudson (born 1981), American R&B singer and actress
Jennifer Johnston (born 1930), Irish writer
Jenniffer Kae (* 1987), German pop singer
Jennifer Kessy (* 1977), American beach volleyball player
Jennifer Kim (* 1968), Thai singer
Jennifer Lawrence (* 1990), American actress
Jenifer Lewis (born 1957), American actress
Jennifer Love Hewitt (* 1979), American actress
Jennifer Lopez (born 1969), American singer and actress
Dzsenifer Marozsán (* 1992), German soccer player of Hungarian descent
Jennifer Montag (* 1998), German athlete
Jennifer Meier (* 1981), German soccer player
Jennifer Nitsch (1966-2004), German actress
Jennifer O'Neill (* 1948), Brazilian-American actress and photo model
Jennifer Oster (* 1986), German soccer player
Jennifer Paige (* 1973), American pop singer
Jennifer Rush (* 1960), American pop singer
Jennifer Su (* 1968), South African presenter
Jennifer Taylor (born 1972), American actress
Jennifer Tilly (born 1958), American actress
Jennifer Tung (* 1973), American actress and stunt woman
Jennifer Warnes (born 1947), American singer
Jennifer Weist (* 1986), German rock singer
Jennifer Werth (* 1989), German soccer player
Jennifer Zietz (* 1983), German soccer player
variants
Old French : Guinevere (old / original name form)
German : Genoveva, also Jenny or Jenni
English : Gaenor, Gaynor, Geneva, Gwenevere, Guenevere, Guinevere , Gwenovier, Jenn , Jenny , Jenneigh, Jennie, Jen, Jeni, Jenni, Jenifer, Jenna
French : Geneviève, Jennifair
Greek : Genovefa
Italian : Genevra, Ginevra, Genoveffa
Cornish : Jenifry, Jenniver
See also
swell
↑ Statistics "Popular first names"
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