Given name · also Old Breton
Gwenivar
Gwenivar is a feminine given name from Old Breton, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic. It is used in Breton.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Gwenivar comes from Old Breton, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gwenivar’s family of names
In Breton usage, Gwenivar has a conventional equivalent in the English form Guinevere.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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