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Yennefer
OriginLiterary name, variation of Jennifer or Guinevere, Cornish or Welsh
Meaning"white shadow, white wave"
US Rank#13139
2025 SSA
About Yennefer
Yennefer is the name of one of the protagists of The Witcher series, first books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski and then a video game and now a Netflix series. Yennefer is a powerful fighter and sorceress. As a name, we don't think Yennefer is any improvement on millennial mom name Jennifer, but nickname Yen has it all over the dated Jen.
Pronounced YEN-uh-fur.
As of October 2026, Yennefer ranked #13139 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #8506 in 2022.
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