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 [ syll. gui-ne-ve-re, gu-inev-ere ] The girl name Guinevere is pronounced as G-IHNEHIYIHR- KEY. Guinevere is used chiefly in the English and French languages, and it is derived from Old Welsh origins. Derived from the elements 'gwen' meaning white, fair, blessed, holy ; 'hwyfar' meaning smooth. Gwenhwyfar (Old Welsh) is an old form of Guinevere. In Arthurian legend, Guinevere was the queen consort of King Arthur, famous for her affair with the king's most trusted knight Sir Lancelot. Guinevere has 19 variations that are used in both English and other languages. Variations of Guinevere used in English include Gaenor (used in Welsh as well), Gaynor (used in Welsh as well), Geunor (used in Welsh as well), Guener, Guenever, Guenevere (used in French as well), Guenievre, Guinever, Gweniver, and Jennifer (used in German as well). Other English forms include the pet forms Gwen (used in Welsh as well) and Vera (used in Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic as well), and the variant spellings Guinevear, Guinnevere, Gwenevere, and Gwynnevere. Ginevra (Italian) and Gwenhwyfar (Welsh) are foreign variations of Guinevere. Another foreign variant is the pet form Gwinny. Guinevere is not regularly used as a baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of girl names directly linked to Guinevere, Jennifer (English and German) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Guinevere include Guinever (English), Gambhira (Indian), Guiomar (Portuguese), Gweneira (Welsh), Gwyneira (Welsh), Gaynor (English and Welsh), Guener (English), Xandra (French and Spanish), and Gaenor (English and Welsh). KEY: approx pronunciation for Guinevere: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"   |
