Meaning of the nameJenefer

Female
Celtic origin
Je-ne-fer

Jenefer is a feminine name that Wiktionary records as a rare variant of Jennifer, a name of Cornish and Welsh origin.

Meaning

The meaning of Jenefer is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 3,056
Rank in Brazil: #3,843
Median age: 19 years
2010 Census: 3,973; people

Jenefer in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jenefer, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,221 people).

3,023 women 33 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jenefer is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jenefer in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Pernambuco 0.003%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
São Paulo 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Santa Catarina 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	709	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	363	0.002%
Minas Gerais	317	0.002%
Pernambuco	237	0.003%
Bahia	225	0.002%
Paraná	155	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	128	0.001%
Santa Catarina	125	0.002%
Goiás	111	0.002%
Alagoas	85	0.003%
Mato Grosso	79	0.002%
Paraíba	64	0.002%
Ceará	58	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	57	0.002%
Pará	56	0.001%
Maranhão	51	0.001%
Espírito Santo	43	0.001%
Sergipe	39	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	37	0.001%
Amazonas	31	0.001%
Rondônia	24	0.002%
Distrito Federal	21	0.001%
Piauí	17	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jenefer

Wiktionary records Jenefer as a rare variant of Jennifer, a feminine name of Welsh origin. Jennifer comes from the Cornish Gweniver, related to the Welsh Gwenhwyfar, a name that also gave Guinevere; Behind the Name gives gwyn and hwyfar as roots, but the meaning of the name is not known for certain. Behind the Name lists Jenifer as the Portuguese form of Jennifer. Almost always female, it is most often recorded among people born in the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,056 people named Jenefer, with a median age of 19.

It has a single n in the middle and is the spelling that has its own entry in Wiktionary; it is the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Jenefer

Spelling	People (2022)
Jenefer	3,056
Jennefer	1,790

Sources

Wiktionary: Jenefer · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Jennifer · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Jennifer · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Jenefer

What does the name Jenefer mean?

The meaning of Jenefer is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Jenefer in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,056 people with the first name Jenefer, which ranks it number 3,843 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Jenefer a boy's or a girl's name?

Jenefer is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,023 women and 33 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jenefer?

Jenefer is a name of Celtic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jenefer most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.003% of the state's population is named Jenefer (237 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jenefer?

Jennefer. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

More names of Celtic origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Jenefer with a source. See the methodology.