Jennifer

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfə//
United States//ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfɚ//

A female given name from Cornish.

proper noun

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A female given name from Cornish.
RIDGEON. Thats a wonderful drawing. Why is it called Jennifer? MRS DUBEDAT. My name is Jennifer. RIDGEON. A strange name. MRS DUBEDAT. Not in Cornwall. I am Cornish. It's only what you call Guinevere.
"Most people's sisters have decent names like Jennifer or Jane or something. What did you say hers was?"
Jennifer. Jenny with the light brown hair. Jenny-fair, their high school French teacher had called her, and fair she had been.
“When it comes to the dry skin, it’s really a matter of that top barrier that’s not holding onto the moisture as well,” said Dr. Jennifer Stein, a dermatologist at NYU Langone Health.

Etymology

From Cornish Gweniver, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever (cognate with Welsh Gwenhwyfar), from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Doublet of Guinevere. Compare Irish Fionnabhair, which may be cognate. The /d͡ʒ/ consonantism is due to Anglo-Norman influence; compare Old French Genievre /d͡ʒəˈniɛ̯vɾə/, /d͡ʒəˈnjɛvɾə/.

Jenn · A diminutive of the female given name Jennifer.Jenna · A female given name, variant of Jenny.Jennie · A female given name, variant of Jenny.

Jennifer · A female given name from Cornish.

Jennings · An English surname originating as a patronymic.jenny · A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple…Jenny · A female given name.

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