Jenifer

Where Jenifer comes from

See Jennifer.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jenifer
  • Cornish
Along the way
  1. 1933
    First appearance
    #3,753 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Jenifer Lewis born
    American actress
  3. 1973
    Peak, #271
    913 babies named Jenifer — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    Jenifer born
    French singer
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #471.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Cornish, a less common form of Jennifer.
Namesakes
  • Jenifer Lewis · American actress, born 1957
  • Jenifer · French singer, born 1982
  • Jenifer Brening · German singer, born 1996
  • Jenifer Benítez · Spanish diver, born 1988
  • Jenifer Widjaja · Brazilian tennis player, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.