Given name
Ginnifer
“one who is fair; a beautiful girl”
In English use, Ginnifer has a related form in Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ginnifer has a related form in Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Ginnifer has a related form in Jennifer. An origin associated with Jennifer is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ginnifer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 0 boys · 80 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ginnifer’s family of names
In English usage, Ginnifer has a related form in Jennifer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ginnifer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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