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JENNIFER

JENNIFER  

Gender: F
Origin: Cornish variation of Welsh GUINEVERE
Meaning: "white shadow, white wave"

Popularity in 2008: #84

There were close to 800,000 Jennifers born in the seventies, making it the top name of the decade -- no wonder there are now online support groups for grown-up Jens who have suffered a lack of personal identity. These days it's no longer even in the Top 40 though it's forever a pretty-sounding name.

International Variations:
Ginevra, Genoveffa (Italian) Genowefa (Polish) Genoveva (Spanish)

Popularity Rank

Rank in US Top 1000