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Welsh name
First element (Gwen-):
Welsh gwen, gwyn = 'white, shining, holy' (see also Gwen) [1] [2] [3] [4]
Last element (-hwyfar):
Welsh hwyfar = 'smooth, soft' [1] [2] [4]
or
Welsh hwyfar = 'phantom, spirit, fairy' [3]
Guenevere | ♀ |
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Welsh |
Guinevere | ♀ |
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Old French |
Gwenhwyfar | ♀ |
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Welsh |
See also Jennifer
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[5] |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[6] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[7] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[8] |
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n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Greenland[9] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gwenhwyfar.