# Guinevere (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/guinevere/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪɹ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Guenhwyvar, Gwenhwyfar, Gwenhwyvar, Gwenhyvar, Gwenyver, Gwenyvere, Gwynhyvar, Ginevra |
| US babies named this | 4,592 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,592 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 144, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Gwenyver, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar. Doublet of Jennifer.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 92 | 2,091 |
| 2012 | 101 | 1,944 |
| 2013 | 127 | 1,667 |
| 2014 | 165 | 1,392 |
| 2015 | 176 | 1,350 |
| 2016 | 140 | 1,584 |
| 2017 | 192 | 1,241 |
| 2018 | 151 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 188 | 1,246 |
| 2020 | 249 | 1,011 |
| 2021 | 268 | 968 |
| 2022 | 299 | 917 |
| 2023 | 251 | 1,009 |
| 2024 | 279 | 946 |
| 2025 | 295 | 899 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Ginebra
- French: Guenièvre
- Irish: Fionnabhair
- Italian: Ginevra
- Polish: Ginewra
- Spanish: Ginebra
- Welsh: Gwenhwyfar

## People named Guinevere

- Guinevere Turner, American actress and writer
- Guinevere Kauffmann, American astrophysicist
- Guin Batten, British rower

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.