Search names

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.

Similar names

These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Yennefer.

Yennefer on lists

Save Yennefer

Save to list

Save Yennefer

Save to list