Details for the forename Gaenor

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Gaenor (female)


Variants:	Gaynor (F) Guinevere (F)
Derivative of:	Gwenhwyfar (F)
Can be spelt:	Gaynor (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Welsh spelling variant of the English forename Gaynor, a medieval variant of Guinevere, itself from the Old French form of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar "holy" + "soft". Gaenor has some similarity to the Welsh word for "maiden".