Gwenevere
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning fair one; variant spelling of Guinevere.
Gwenevere by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Gwenevere. In the US, 52 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably 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.
Other names that come from Guinevere
Like Gwenevere, each of these traces back to Guinevere: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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 Gwenevere. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gweniverefair one; a form of Guinevere29 in the US (2017)
- Gwyneverefair and blessed; a form of Guinevere24 in the US (2017)
- Gwenevierevariant of Gwyneth or Gwen, meaning fair or blessed5 in the US (2017)
- Guineverefair one; white wave190 in the US (2017)
- Gwenevievevariant of Genevieve, meaning woman of the race5 in the US (2017)
- Genevievewoman of the race or tribe1,653 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Gwenevere, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gwenevere
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