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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Cornish) : from a short form of the female personal name Jennifer, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar (see Gaynor). Until the 19th century Jennifer was a characteristically Cornish name.
  • German : of uncertain origin; possibly from a Celtic root or from a short form of Heinrich (see Henry) or Johannes (see John).

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