Details for the forename Guinevere

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Guinevere (female)


Variants:	Gaenor (F) Gaynor (F) Jennifer (F)
Derivative of:	Gwenhwyfar (F)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English, from the Old French form of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar "holy" + "soft". FreeREG suggests that Gwyneth is the equivalent of Jennifer but other sources give Jennifer and Gaynor as variants of Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur.