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What does Jennifer mean?
Jennifer 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced JEN-ee-fer, JEN-if-er. It is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Jennifer is "fair and smooth". From Gwenhwyfar, which also can mean "white waves". Variant of Guinevere. Mythology: in Arthurian tales, Guinevere was Arthur's queen. The name is made popular by film celebrity Jennifer Jones. Literary: Bernard Shaw used the name for the character of Jennifer Dubedat in "The Doctor's Dilemma" (1905). Jenifer is a spelling variant used especially in Cornwall. See also Gaynor and Ginevra. Actresses Jennifer Gray, Jennifer Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer O'Neill, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lopez.
ASSOCIATED WITH fair (beautiful), smooth (gentle), white, waves (sea), queen
Variations
VARIANTS Genever, Genifer, Genna, Genni, Gennie, Gennifer, Gennifur, Geniffer, Gennivre, Genny, Jeffie, Jen, Jena▼, Jenefer, Jeneffer, Jeni, Jenifer▼, Jeniffer, Jenifre, Jenipher, Jenn, Jenna▼, Jennafer, Jenne, Jennee, Jennefer, Jenneffer, Jenney, Jenni, Jennica, Jennie▼, Jennifeur, Jenniffer, Jenniver, Jenny▼, Jennyfer, Jenyfer
SEE ALSO Geneva, Jenessa, Juniper
RELATED FORMS VIA GAYNOR, GINEVRA, GUINEVERE, JENIFER Geniver, Janifer
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jennifer Logan (J.L.), ..
How popular is Jennifer?
Jennifer is a very prominent first name for women (#6 out of 4276, Top 1%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#45482 out of 150436, Top 30%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jennifer was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its apex rank of #1 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, and is at #345 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Juniper (#281 A YEAR AGO), Jenna (#423), Jenny (#1120), Geneva (#1421), Guinevere (#1446), Jena, Jenessa, Jeni, Jenifer, Genna, Jeffie, Jennefer, Jenni, Jennie, Jenniffer, Gennie and Jeniffer are the popular variation forms of Jennifer (#345). These forms of Jennifer reached the height of their popularity 4 decades ago (AVERAGE #1173) and have become much less common since (#1613, ▼93%), with forms like Jenifer becoming somewhat outmoded. Jennifer is the firm favorite, although Juniper appears to be gaining favor too.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Bennie▼, Dennie, Dennise, Hennie, Jannice, Jannie▼, Jannine, Jeanice, Jeanie▼, Jeanine▼, Jeannie▼, Jeannine▼, Jenice, Jenie, Jenilea (see Jenilee), Jenilee, Jenine, Jenise, Jennabel, Jennae, Jennalee, Jennasee, Jennet, Jennice, Jennielee (see Jenilee), Jennika, Jennilee, Jennilyn, Jennine, Jennis, Jennita, Jennylee, Jensine, Jinnie, Jonnie, Lennice, Pennie▼, Rennie and Vennice. These names tend to be less frequently used than Jennifer.
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