Fun Facts About the Name Yenifer
- More than 1 thousand babies named Yenifer: U.S. records list 1,169 babies given the name Yenifer from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yenifer Mean?
Yenifer is a Spanish-influenced spelling of the English name Jennifer, so it carries the same meaning. Jennifer comes from Cornish, where it is a form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, the name of King Arthur's queen, known in English as Guinevere. Gwenhwyfar is a compound. The first element, gwen, means "white," "fair," or "blessed." The second element is less certain; it has been explained as "smooth" or "soft," which would give a sense like "fair and soft." Because that element is contested, some traditional renderings of the whole name read it as "white wave" or "white phantom." The usual short gloss for the name is "fair one."
Yenifer Name History & Origins
Yenifer belongs to a set of spellings created when the English name Jennifer was taken into Spanish. In Spanish the letter j stands for a harsh velar sound, not the j of English, so the English pronunciation was written with y, a letter that in Spanish can represent a sound close to English j (as in yo). This produced Yenifer and also Yennifer; the spellings Jennifer and Jenifer are used in Spanish as well.
The parent name, Jennifer, is a Cornish form of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar, the queen of King Arthur in Arthurian legend. Jennifer was used in Cornwall as a local variant before it spread into general English, and in the twentieth century it became a common English given name. George Bernard Shaw used it for a character in his 1906 play The Doctor's Dilemma, an early literary appearance of the modern name. Yenifer's own history is shorter and follows the spread of the English name into Spanish-speaking countries; it is found in Spain and in Latin America. The traditional Spanish equivalent of Guinevere is Ginebra, not Yenifer, so Yenifer is best understood as an adapted English name rather than an inherited Spanish one.
How Popular is the Name Yenifer?
Yenifer has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #2,304 in 2000.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,120 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #7,915 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,622 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #9,646 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #9,534 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #7,947 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #13,742 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #8,588 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #9,906 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #11,742 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #16,335 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #10,107 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #13,101 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #7,787 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #6,840 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #4,855 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #5,371 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #3,263 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2007 | #2,927 | 62 | 0.0032% |
| 2006 | #2,373 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 2005 | #3,051 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2004 | #2,964 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 2003 | #2,636 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2002 | #2,308 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2001 | #2,436 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 2000 | #2,304 | 68 | 0.0037% |
| 1999 | #2,367 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1998 | #2,496 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1997 | #2,308 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 1996 | #2,758 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #3,151 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1994 | #3,167 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #4,521 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1992 | #4,379 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1991 | #13,118 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #9,233 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #12,341 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Yenifer Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual. You hate bondage in any form. You have love of beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You are willing to take spiritual matters on faith instead of subjecting them to mental analysis. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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