Jennifer (given name)

Jennifer (also: Jenifer or Jenniffer ) is a female first name. Name-day is May 30th

Jennifer is the Cornish version of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar. The name is derived from gwen " white, beautiful " and hwyfar " smooth, soft ", means "the beautiful face, white cheek".

In the Arthurian legend, it is the name of the wife of King Arthur (see Guinevere ).

Dissemination

Previously, virtually uncommon, won the name Jennifer mid-1960s popularity in Germany. From the mid-1980s to the mid- 1990s, the name was continuously among the ten most awarded female name. Since then, his popularity has waned.

Famous names winners

• Jennifer Aniston (born 1969 ), American actress
• Jenifer Bartoli ( b. 1982 ), French pop singer
• Jennifer Capriati ( b. 1976 ), American tennis player
• Jennifer Connelly (born 1970 ), American actress
• Jennifer Garner ( b. 1972 ), American actress
• Jennifer Heil ( b. 1983 ), Canadian skier of
• Jennifer Hof (* 1991), German mannequin and model
• Jennifer Holliday ( born 1960 ), American R & B singer
• Jennifer Hudson ( born 1981 ), American R & B singer and actress
• Jennifer Johnston ( born 1930 ), Irish writer
• Jenniffer Kae (* 1988), German pop singer
• Jennifer Kessy ( b. 1977 ), American beach volleyball player
• Jenifer Lewis ( born 1957 ), American actress
• Jennifer Love Hewitt ( born 1979 ), American actress

• Jennifer Lopez (born 1969 ), American singer and actress
• Dzsenifer Marozsán (* 1992), German football player of Hungarian descent
• Jennifer Meier ( born 1981 ), German football player
• Jennifer Nitsch (1966-2004), German actress
• Jennifer O'Neill ( born 1948 ), Brazilian- American actress and model
• Jennifer Oster ( * 1986), German football player
• Jennifer Paige (born 1973 ), American pop singer
• Jennifer Rush ( born 1960 ), American pop singer
• Jennifer Bini Taylor (born 1972 ), American actress
• Jennifer Tilly (born 1958 ), American actress
• Jennifer Tung ( b. 1973 ), American actress and stunt woman
• Jennifer Warnes ( born 1947 ), American singer
• Jennifer Werth ( * 1989), German football player
• Jennifer Zietz ( b. 1983 ), German football player

Variants

• Old French: Guinevere (old / original form of the name )
• German: Genoveva, Jenny and Jenni
• English: Gaenor, Gaynor, Geneva, Gwenevere, Guenevere, Guinevere, Gwenovier, Jenny, jenneigh, Jennie, Jen, Jeni, Jenni, Jenifer, Jenna
• French: Geneviève, Jenni Fair
• Greek: Genevieve
• Italian: Genevra, Ginevra, Casagenoveffa
• Cornish: Jenifry, Jenniver

• Odenwälderisch Jennel, also Schenni
• Polish: Genowefa, Jenny and Jenni ( with an E sound at the end of the y)
• Portuguese: Genoveva, Ginevra, or genebra
• Scottish: Jennifer, Jenni, Jenna, Jenn
• Spanish: Genoveva, Ginevra, or genebra
• Hungarian: Dzsenifer
• Welsh: Gwenhwyfar (old / original form of the name )