Ginevra

Italian variation of Guinevere or Jennifer
"white shadow, white wave"

Ginevra Origin and Meaning

The name Ginevra is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "white shadow, white wave".

This lovely alternative for the Jennifer-lover ranks among the most popular girls' names in Italy. At this point in the US, the legions of Jennifers born in the 1970s are starting to become grandmas, so Ginevra might make an apt honor name for granny Jen.

# 872 on Nameberry

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Ginevra Popularity

Famous People Named Ginevra

  • Ginevra King
    American socialite and debutante; first love of F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Ginevra de Benci
    15th century Italian aristocrat, subject of a Leonardo da Vinci painting
  • Ginevra Cantofoli
    Italian painter
  • Ginevra Elkann
    Italian film director
  • Ginevra Sforza
    wife and counselor of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna
  • Ginevra Gilardino
    daughter of Alberto Gilardino & Alice Bregoli

Ginevra in Pop Culture

  • Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Potter (née Weasley)
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • Ginevra Fanshawe
    from Charlotte Bronte's novel "Villette"
  • "Ginevra di Scozia
    " opera by Simon Mayr
  • Princess Ginevra of Scotland
    main character in "Ariodante" by George Frideric Handel
  • The Hon. Ginevra Hipsley
    character in "Hudson River Bracketed" (1929) and "The Gods Arrive" (1932) by Edith Wharton, 'who kept white mice on whose sensibilities she experimented by means of folk,songs accompanied by the accordion'
  • "Ginevra degli Almieri
    " 1935 Italian movie
  • Ginevra Galbraith
    character in Sir Gibbie