Jennifer

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Modern English form of Guinevere , an Old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar .

First element (Gwen-):

Welsh gwen, gwyn = 'white, shining, holy'

Last element (-hwyfar):

Welsh hwyfar = 'smooth, soft' [1]
or
Welsh hwyfar = 'phantom, spirit, fairy' [2]

Related Names

     
Jennifer ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

30 October

Sweden Sweden

6 October

Further Information

For short forms see Jenni

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 9284 11541 2 3
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1038 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 256 587 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 1022 n.a 2
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Jennifer(f)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ Judy Sierra: Celtic Baby Names (1997)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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