Jennifer: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “fair one, white phantom”
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- JEN-uh-fer · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Cornish and Welsh form related to Guinevere, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar. Jennifer became the standard English spelling through 20th-century use.
How popular is Jennifer?
Babies named Jennifer in 2024552
2024 rank#546 girls
Peak year1974
Total US babies since 18801,476,028
Jennifer is fading: recent use is about 34% of its level ten years before.
Names like Jennifer
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Jennifer questions
What does the name Jennifer mean?
Jennifer means "fair one, white phantom". It comes from Welsh. Cornish and Welsh form related to Guinevere, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar. Jennifer became the standard English spelling through 20th-century use.
Is Jennifer a boy or girl name?
Jennifer is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Jennifer?
552 US babies were named Jennifer in 2024. Its peak year was 1974.
How do you pronounce Jennifer?
Jennifer is usually pronounced JEN-uh-fer.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.