Meaning: Its source is Gwenhwyfar, a Welsh name meaning "Pure and yielding, whitewave."

Languages: This girl's name is used in English.

Nickname For: Jennifer

Alternative Spellings: Gennie and Jenny

Popularity: The name Jennie ranked 265th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.

Narrative: In British legend, Gwenhwyfar (the Welsh source of this name) was identified with King Arthur's tragic queen.

Caught as she was between her devotion to her husband and her illicit love for the saintly Sir Lancelot, her predicament is succinctly expressed in the meaning of her name.