Guinevere

Where Guinevere comes from

From Middle English Gwenyver, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar. Doublet of Jennifer.
— Wiktionary's entry for Guinevere
  • Welsh
  • Proto-Celtic
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,360 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Guinevere Kauffmann born
    American astrophysicist
  3. 1968
    Guinevere Turner born
    American actress and writer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #898
    295 babies named Guinevere — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh or Proto-Celtic.
Namesakes
  • Guinevere Turner · American actress and writer, born 1968
  • Guinevere Kauffmann · American astrophysicist, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.