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Guenièvre

“white, fair” + “magical being”

Language context for this entry: French

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feminineLatin script

/ɡə.njɛvʁ/ · French

Origin: Proto-Celtic
1 language context: French
Follow the evidence: 3 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Guenièvre

Guenièvre is a feminine given name documented in French. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Celtic via Old Welsh, from the components “white, fair” + “magical being”.

Proto-Celtic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “white, fair” + “magical being”

From Old Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white, fair”) + *sēbarā (“magical being”).

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Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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06 / Behind the facts

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Wikidata Q3118885CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Guenièvre

Guenièvre is a feminine given name documented in French. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Celtic via Old Welsh, from the components “white, fair” + “magical being”.

Proto-Celtic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “white, fair” + “magical being”

From Old Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white, fair”) + *sēbarā (“magical being”).

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Old Welsh
Proto-Celtic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Proto-language forms marked with an asterisk in the source are reconstructions, rather than dated records of a person using the name.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Documented as a given name in French.

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Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-16.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wikidata Q3118885CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuenièvreCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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Where Guenièvre is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

History

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