Guinevere
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning fair one; white wave.
How Guinevere has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2021 | #968 |
| 2022 | #913 |
| 2024 | #947 |
| 2025 | #899 |
Guinevere by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Guinevere. In the US, 190 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Names that come from Guinevere
Forms of Guinevere in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jenniferfair one; form of Guinevere1,042 in the US (2017)
- Ginnypure; a form of Guinevere or Virginia16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ginessafair and pure; a form of Guinevere7 in the US (2017)
- Ginniferfair one; a respelling of Guinevere or Jennifer5 in the US (2017)
- Vanorawhite wave; a form of Guinevere3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Guinevere. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gweneverefair one; variant spelling of Guinevere52 in the US (2017)
- Gwyneverefair and blessed; a form of Guinevere24 in the US (2017)
- Gweniverefair one; a form of Guinevere29 in the US (2017)
- Gwenevierevariant of Gwyneth or Gwen, meaning fair or blessed5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Guinevere, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Guinevere, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Guinevere
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