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Nurserynewbie · 2022-10-25T07:47:13+00:00

I love it and my husband loves it and it goes really well with our surname but I can't actually use it can I? It will just always be associated with The Witcher and look like we are crazy superfans, which we aren't really. But I do think Yennefer is a great, strong character. Anyone got any similar ideas?

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DillDanding · 25/10/2022 19:27

Your child will never forgive you. She will have a lifetime of correcting people.

blameitonthecaffeine · 25/10/2022 19:25

I like it. I haven't seen the Witcher but I would assume it was a foreign version of Jennifer and not think any more of it. I actually think it's nicer than Jennifer.

cowsaysmoo · 25/10/2022 15:58

Petronus · 25/10/2022 08:51

Before I opened the thread I thought ‘the Witcher’. Just go with Jennifer. The Witcher is not even great literature/tv to make it a bit more reasonable.

Sorry, not on a topic but as a massive Sapkowski fan, I cannot just scroll past this...
TV series, agree but to say that the books are not a great literature?! Surely, you didn't read the books!

caitlinrose · 25/10/2022 15:47

I actually think it's fine. But I don't know "The Witcher". If the story and character are good and the series is finished then it's fine.

If the series is still going on I would hesitate. Remember what happened to Daenerys!

In general Yennefer is fun to say.

Jennifer is a pretty name but very dated and I dislike Jen.

What about:

Jenna
Jasmine
Yasmine
Guinevere
Genevieve
Ginevra
Virginia
Jessamine

Choconut · 25/10/2022 14:39

I haven't heard of the Witcher so made be think of two celebs that have got married, one called Jennifer and the press have nicknamed them Yennefer.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/10/2022 14:32

It sounds,like a 2_year old trying to say Jennifer

BreastedBoobilyToTheStairs · 25/10/2022 14:25

Yep, I instantly think of the Witcher. Sorry Op!

KatherineJaneway · 25/10/2022 14:17

but I can't actually use it can I?

Nope. Too much like Bennifer but I guess that actually did work out in the end.

Enko · 25/10/2022 14:14

I quite like it and I've never heard of the witcher

Orangesarenottheonlyfruit · 25/10/2022 13:31

RandomMusings7 · 25/10/2022 13:20

Victoria was made up by Queen Vics mum.

how cute of you to think that 😂😂😂

It literally means winner in Latin. It's been used for ages.

Victor is both a given name and a surname. It is Latin in origin meaning winner or conqueror. Although not directly associated with a Biblical name, Victor is one of the earliest Christian names, borne (as Vittorio) by several saints and popes, symbolizing Christ's victory over sin and death.

Ah, I totally got that wrong!
I understood that there was a male form of the name used but no female until Queen V.
But I stand corrected.

Lockheart · 25/10/2022 13:23

Anyway, turning back to the OPs point, I wouldn't use it unless you are actually German / Dutch or similar. It doesn't make you sound like you have a speech impediment (any more than any other language does) but in the UK people will associate it with the character from the Witcher.

Lockheart · 25/10/2022 13:22

RandomMusings7 · 25/10/2022 13:20

Victoria was made up by Queen Vics mum.

how cute of you to think that 😂😂😂

It literally means winner in Latin. It's been used for ages.

Victor is both a given name and a surname. It is Latin in origin meaning winner or conqueror. Although not directly associated with a Biblical name, Victor is one of the earliest Christian names, borne (as Vittorio) by several saints and popes, symbolizing Christ's victory over sin and death.

Victoria was the name of the Roman goddess of, unsurprisingly, victory.

RandomMusings7 · 25/10/2022 13:20

Victoria was made up by Queen Vics mum.

how cute of you to think that 😂😂😂

It literally means winner in Latin. It's been used for ages.

Victor is both a given name and a surname. It is Latin in origin meaning winner or conqueror. Although not directly associated with a Biblical name, Victor is one of the earliest Christian names, borne (as Vittorio) by several saints and popes, symbolizing Christ's victory over sin and death.

Orangesarenottheonlyfruit · 25/10/2022 13:17

I think this is quite interesting. All names have to start somewhere.
'Wendy' was invented by Barrie for Peter Pan.
Victoria was made up by Queen Vics mum.
And Lyra and Arya have become popular due to their literary referenced.
So basically, if you like it, go for it!

TootMootZoot · 25/10/2022 13:16

I like it and wouldn't assume it was a made up name. I'd think it was either European or maybe welsh. I think Yenifer is better than Jennifer as it looks less like Jennifer.
How would you say it?

Miss1995 · 25/10/2022 13:13

I Instantly thought of the witcher! The witcher was a book/game years before it was a tv show in which yennefer is a sorceress. I wouldn't want people associating my childs name with that character but if you don't mind go for it, it's not a bad name in itself

hotdiggetydog · 25/10/2022 13:06

Hahahaha

PortiasBiscuit · 25/10/2022 12:55

FFS it’s Jennifer!

Dreamingcats · 25/10/2022 12:55

Never heard of the witcher.
I assumed it was a foreign, possibly East European, form of Jennifer.

Pieceofpurplesky · 25/10/2022 12:35

GADDay · 25/10/2022 11:15

We had a chicken called Hennifer.

🤣🤣🐣

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 25/10/2022 12:34

Jou what?

Seriously, she's going to have a lifetime of 'Jennifer's spelt with a J, not a Y.' And 'You mean Jennifer, not Yennifer.' And being called Yenny.

StarryKnight · 25/10/2022 12:27

What about Yelena? Has a similar vibe

RedDwarfGarbagePod · 25/10/2022 12:25

Nurserynewbie · 25/10/2022 09:14

Yeah, I think I'm going to put this one down to pregnancy hormones.

Especially as I don't actually like the name Jennifer 😂

NC12345665 · 25/10/2022 12:18

What about Jamifer?

JenniferBarkley · 25/10/2022 12:17

Malfi · 25/10/2022 09:29

I’d assume, if heard, it was a foreign variant of Jennifer -German or Dutch. Jennifer is a great name, and not common these days. It’s a form of Guinevere, if you like a bit of magic/myth.

This, I assumed it was a variant on Jennifer from Eastern Europe or Russia. Not familiar with The Witcher.

Definitely don't use if you don't like Jennifer (although I do, very much).