Given name
Jenefer
“one who is fair; a beautiful girl”
Jenefer is a variant of Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jenefer is a variant of Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jenefer is a variant of 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 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jenefer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 320
- 0 boys · 320 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 19 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 8 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 545 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.
Jenefer’s family of names
Jenefer has a related form in Jennifer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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