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Jennafer
How to Pronounce Jennafer
Pronounced JEN-uh-fer /ΛdΚΙn.Ι.fΙr/High
Meaning: Jennafer is a respelling of Jennifer, the Cornish form of Guinevere, from the Welsh Gwenhwyfar β gwen, 'white, fair,' plus a second element linked to 'smooth' or 'phantom,' often given as 'white fairy.' The -a- spelling is cosmetic; the meaning is Jennifer's.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jennafer respells Jennifer, the Cornish form of Guinevere, from the Welsh Gwenhwyfar β gwen, 'white, fair,' joined to an element often read as 'smooth' or 'phantom,' hence 'white fairy.' When Jennifer dominated American girls' names in the seventies and eighties, spellings like Jennafer and Jenifer sprang up.
Jennafer was most common around 1985 and had faded by around 2010, always a minority spelling next to Jennifer. A woman named Jennafer at the peak is around forty today. It reads as an eighties variant rather than a name on its own path.
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What does the name Jennafer mean?
Jennafer is a respelling of Jennifer, a Cornish form of Guinevere, from the Welsh for 'white, fair.'
How do you pronounce Jennafer?
It's said JEN-uh-fer /ΛdΚΙn.Ι.fΙr/ β three syllables, stress on the first, like Jennifer.
Is Jennafer a boy or girl name?
Jennafer is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Jennafer?
Jennafer was an uncommon spelling of Jennifer that peaked in the mid-nineteen-eighties and is rare today.