Jennifer: name meaning and origin

Where the name Jennifer comes from

Jennifer is the Cornish form of Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, whose Welsh name Gwenhwyfar begins with a word for fair or white; the second part is less clear. It was rare outside Cornwall until George Bernard Shaw used it in a 1906 play. It was one of the most popular girls’ names in the US in the 1970s and 1980s.