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Guinevere

Welsh roots

Language context for this entry: English

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English (Southern England)

Origin: Welsh
1 language context: English
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Guinevere

Guinevere is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Welsh Gwenhwyfar via Middle English.

Welsh origin

Source-reported

From Middle English Gwenyver, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar. Doublet of Jennifer.

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.

Middle English
Welsh

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

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Guinevere is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Guinevere’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 295 girls (rank 898). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Guinevere

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 295; applications; Rank #898
Peak year: 2022; 299 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Guinevere in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	7	2,360	observed
1913	20	1,274	observed
1914	13	1,896	observed
1915	19	1,738	observed
1916	24	1,533	observed
1917	23	1,605	observed
1918	16	2,209	observed
1919	10	3,005	observed
1920	16	2,263	observed
1921	17	2,195	observed
1922	14	2,479	observed
1923	16	2,264	observed
1924	22	1,872	observed
1925	13	2,617	observed
1926	15	2,351	observed
1927	16	2,256	observed
1928	8	3,436	observed
1929	8	3,394	observed
1930	8	3,345	observed
1931	11	2,581	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	7	3,406	observed
1934	7	3,449	observed
1935	16	2,006	observed
1936	7	3,376	observed
1937	7	3,434	observed
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	4,250	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	6	3,954	observed
1942	5	4,622	observed
1943	7	3,801	observed
1944	8	3,378	observed
1945	5	4,556	observed
1946	5	4,960	observed
1947	5	5,295	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	5	5,301	observed
1951	6	4,833	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	6	5,148	observed
1955	5	5,828	observed
1956	7	4,837	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	6	5,860	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	6,564	observed
1967	9	4,625	observed
1968	8	5,147	observed
1969	11	4,418	observed
1970	18	3,435	observed
1971	22	3,062	observed
1972	14	4,091	observed
1973	11	4,871	observed
1974	18	3,558	observed
1975	14	4,370	observed
1976	21	3,287	observed
1977	20	3,612	observed
1978	12	5,214	observed
1979	17	4,231	observed
1980	20	3,853	observed
1981	26	3,253	observed
1982	23	3,530	observed
1983	23	3,431	observed
1984	15	4,737	observed
1985	15	4,860	observed
1986	14	5,188	observed
1987	13	5,613	observed
1988	7	9,244	observed
1989	7	9,681	observed
1990	19	4,868	observed
1991	11	7,430	observed
1992	9	8,734	observed
1993	14	6,264	observed
1994	13	6,672	observed
1995	15	5,958	observed
1996	20	4,883	observed
1997	36	3,224	observed
1998	25	4,366	observed
1999	21	5,039	observed
2000	44	3,121	observed
2001	41	3,316	observed
2002	56	2,709	observed
2003	57	2,737	observed
2004	62	2,652	observed
2005	74	2,379	observed
2006	73	2,512	observed
2007	61	2,930	observed
2008	59	2,957	observed
2009	62	2,826	observed
2010	58	2,938	observed
2011	92	2,088	observed
2012	101	1,940	observed
2013	127	1,666	observed
2014	165	1,391	observed
2015	176	1,350	observed
2016	140	1,580	observed
2017	192	1,240	observed
2018	151	1,451	observed
2019	188	1,244	observed
2020	249	1,011	observed
2021	268	967	observed
2022	299	917	observed
2023	251	1,008	observed
2024	279	945	observed
2025	295	898	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Guinevere” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Guinevere Turner
born 1968
American actress and writer
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Guinevere with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q27630922CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: GinevraCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Guinevere.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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.

Opening name…

About Guinevere

Guinevere is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Welsh Gwenhwyfar via Middle English.

Welsh origin

Source-reported

From Middle English Gwenyver, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar. Doublet of Jennifer.

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.

Middle English
Welsh

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

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Guinevere is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Guinevere’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 295 girls (rank 898). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Guinevere

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 295; applications; Rank #898
Peak year: 2022; 299 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Guinevere in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	7	2,360	observed
1913	20	1,274	observed
1914	13	1,896	observed
1915	19	1,738	observed
1916	24	1,533	observed
1917	23	1,605	observed
1918	16	2,209	observed
1919	10	3,005	observed
1920	16	2,263	observed
1921	17	2,195	observed
1922	14	2,479	observed
1923	16	2,264	observed
1924	22	1,872	observed
1925	13	2,617	observed
1926	15	2,351	observed
1927	16	2,256	observed
1928	8	3,436	observed
1929	8	3,394	observed
1930	8	3,345	observed
1931	11	2,581	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	7	3,406	observed
1934	7	3,449	observed
1935	16	2,006	observed
1936	7	3,376	observed
1937	7	3,434	observed
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	4,250	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	6	3,954	observed
1942	5	4,622	observed
1943	7	3,801	observed
1944	8	3,378	observed
1945	5	4,556	observed
1946	5	4,960	observed
1947	5	5,295	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	5	5,301	observed
1951	6	4,833	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	6	5,148	observed
1955	5	5,828	observed
1956	7	4,837	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	6	5,860	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	6,564	observed
1967	9	4,625	observed
1968	8	5,147	observed
1969	11	4,418	observed
1970	18	3,435	observed
1971	22	3,062	observed
1972	14	4,091	observed
1973	11	4,871	observed
1974	18	3,558	observed
1975	14	4,370	observed
1976	21	3,287	observed
1977	20	3,612	observed
1978	12	5,214	observed
1979	17	4,231	observed
1980	20	3,853	observed
1981	26	3,253	observed
1982	23	3,530	observed
1983	23	3,431	observed
1984	15	4,737	observed
1985	15	4,860	observed
1986	14	5,188	observed
1987	13	5,613	observed
1988	7	9,244	observed
1989	7	9,681	observed
1990	19	4,868	observed
1991	11	7,430	observed
1992	9	8,734	observed
1993	14	6,264	observed
1994	13	6,672	observed
1995	15	5,958	observed
1996	20	4,883	observed
1997	36	3,224	observed
1998	25	4,366	observed
1999	21	5,039	observed
2000	44	3,121	observed
2001	41	3,316	observed
2002	56	2,709	observed
2003	57	2,737	observed
2004	62	2,652	observed
2005	74	2,379	observed
2006	73	2,512	observed
2007	61	2,930	observed
2008	59	2,957	observed
2009	62	2,826	observed
2010	58	2,938	observed
2011	92	2,088	observed
2012	101	1,940	observed
2013	127	1,666	observed
2014	165	1,391	observed
2015	176	1,350	observed
2016	140	1,580	observed
2017	192	1,240	observed
2018	151	1,451	observed
2019	188	1,244	observed
2020	249	1,011	observed
2021	268	967	observed
2022	299	917	observed
2023	251	1,008	observed
2024	279	945	observed
2025	295	898	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q27630922CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GuinevereCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: GinevraCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Guinevere.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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.

A story to pass on.

About Guinevere

Welsh origin

Where Guinevere is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Guinevere Turner

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Guinevere

Welsh origin

Where Guinevere is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Guinevere Turner

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page