Meaning of the nameJennefer

Female
Celtic origin
Jen-ne-fer

Jennefer is a spelling of the name Jenefer.

Meaning

The meaning of Jennefer 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): 1,790
Rank in Brazil: #5,529
Median age: 19 years
2010 Census: 1,576; people

Jennefer in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jennefer, 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 (785 people).

1,775 women 0 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 Jennefer is most common

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

Pernambuco 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	337	0.001%
Minas Gerais	248	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	165	0.001%
Pernambuco	142	0.002%
Bahia	102	0.001%
Paraná	99	0.001%
Pará	71	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	65	0.001%
Goiás	61	0.001%
Amazonas	46	0.001%
Paraíba	46	0.001%
Ceará	45	0.001%
Mato Grosso	45	0.001%
Santa Catarina	44	0.001%
Maranhão	43	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Alagoas	35	0.001%
Distrito Federal	28	0.001%
Espírito Santo	26	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	21	0.001%
Sergipe	21	0.001%
Rondônia	20	0.001%
Piauí	16	0.001%

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

The spelling Jennefer

It combines the double n of Jennifer with the ending -efer of Jenefer, an intermediate spelling between the two.

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.

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 Jennefer

What does the name Jennefer mean?

The meaning of Jennefer 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 Jennefer in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,790 people with the first name Jennefer, which ranks it number 5,529 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Jennefer is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,775 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jennefer?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jennefer most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.002% of the state's population is named Jennefer (142 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jennefer?

Jenefer. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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