From the Old French form of Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from gwen "fair, blessed, holy" and hwyfar "soft, smooth".
Guinevere as a girls' name is pronounced GWIN-a-veer. Suggested similar-sounding names are Geneve, Geneveeve, Genevie, Genevre, Genivee, Gennivre, Genovera, Ginebra, Ginelle, Ginette, Ginevre, Gingee, Ginger▼, Ginjer (see Ginger), Ginnee and Gunnvor. Mythology: King Arthur's queen. In Arthurian legend she was the beautiful wife of King Arthur who engaged in an adulterous affair with Sir Lancelot.
(TOP BABY NAMES, 2018). In Arthurian legend she was the beautiful wife of King Arthur. (2000 U.S. CENSUS), Guinevere entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its highest position of #1241 in the U.S. in 2017, and is at #1446 currently. In some accounts it was suggested that she was Arthur’s second wife.
Meaning & History From the Norman French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar meaning "white phantom", ultimately from the Old Celtic roots * windos meaning "fair, white, blessed" (modern Welsh gwen) and * sebros meaning "phantom, magical being". Guinevere is an equally rare surname for both adults and children. It is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Guinevere is "fair and smooth". It is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Guinevere is "fair and smooth ". Prominent alternative forms of Guinevere (#1446 IN 2018) are Genevieve (#172), Genevra, Genna, Gennie, Gwen (#907), Gwenn, Gwyn, Gwynne, Jeni, Jenifer, Jenni, Jennie, Jennifer (#345), Jenny (#1120), Vera (#257), Wendie, Wendy (#969) and Winnie (#1005).
These names tend to be more commonly used than Guinevere. From the Old French form of Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from gwen "fair, blessed, holy" and hwyfar "soft, smooth". ASSOCIATED WITH fair (beautiful), old, blessed, mythology, VARIANTS Finnabhair, Gaenna, Gaynor, Genever, Genevieve▼, Genevra, Geniffer, Geniver, Genivra, Genna, Gennie, Gennifer, Genny, Ginevra, Guenever, Guenevere, Gueniver, Guenna, Guennola, Guinever, Guinna, Gwen, Gwenevere, Gweniver, Gwenn, Gwennie, Gwennola, Gwennora, Gwennore, Gwenny, Gwenora, Gwenore, Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynna, Gwynne, Janifer, Jen, Jeni, Jenifer▼, Jennee, Jenni, Jennie▼, Jennifer▼, Jenny▼, Vera▼, Wendee, Wendie, Wendy▼, Win, Winne, Winnie▼, Winny, Guinevere is an uncommon given name for females. fem.
Guinevere as a girls' name is pronounced GWIN-a-veer. Guinevere A female given name from Welsh or Proto-Celtic. These forms of Guinevere were at the top of their popularity in the 1970s (AVERAGE #1188) and are now significantly less widespread (#1485, DOWN 93.4%), with versions such as Jenifer becoming less in vogue. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. An early form of Jennifer and Gaynor. Guinevere is best remembered as the legendary Queen Consort of King Arthur from the Arthurian tales of Celtic literature. Guinevere is a name that's been used primarily by parents who are considering baby names for girls. The name Guinevere means White Ghost, Phantom and is of Welsh origin. proper name, also Guiniver, Guinever, Gwiniver; the name is Welsh, said to be from Gwenhwyvar,said to mean literally "white-cheeked," but "Magic Fairy" also has been proposed. The original Welsh form of the name Gwenhwyfar (or Gwenhwyvar), which seems to be cognate with the Irish name Findabair, can be translated as "The White Enchantress" or "The White Fay/Ghost", from Proto-Celtic *Windo- "white, fair, holy" + *sēbarā "magical being" (cognate with Old Irish síabair "a spectre, phantom, supernatural being [usually in pejorative sense]").
In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur. In early Welsh literature, one Gwenhwyvar was “the first lady of this island”; in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s inventive Historia regum Britanniae (early 12th century), she was named Guanhumara and was presented as a Roman lady. Meanings and history of the name Guinevere Old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which is composed of the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth". An early form of Jennifer and Gaynor. The name is derived from the Welsh Gwenhwyfar from the elements “gwen” meaning “fair” and “hwyfar” meaning “smooth” so Guinevere essentially means “the fair one”.
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