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Gwenifer?

129 replies

Tirnanogg · 13/01/2024 10:23

I'm looking for a proper unicorn of a name. I would like a first and middle name, ideally allowing Gwen as a nickname, with a nod to the name Jennifer in there somewhere (both grandmothers!) AND be a legitimate, not totally made up name.

We're Welsh-speaking Welsh and Cornish, living in Wales, but I'd like it to be something the English side of the family can say.

I came across Gwenifer this morning, which seems to satisfy most criteria, but is it a real name?!

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Forthwith · 13/01/2024 10:28

Guinevere is lovely. Gwenifer is comical.

porridgecake · 13/01/2024 10:27

I alwsys understood Guinevere to be the Welsh equivalent of Jennifer. I never heard of Gwenifer.

DinoRodney · 13/01/2024 10:27

It sounds made up, sorry.

what about Guinevere, or Gwynn?

TrentCrimmOfTheIndependent · 13/01/2024 10:26

Sorry, it sounds like one of those ‘shipped’ names if a Gwen had a partner called Jennifer. But if you like it, go ahead!