Jennifer
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Jennifer is a Welsh or Cornish version of Guinevere, meaning “white and smooth,” “fair,” or “white wave.” Jennifer was hardly known beyond Cornwall until George Bernard Shaw put it in a play, and by the early 1970s it was the most popular name in the country. Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner are notable bearers. In Back to the Future, Jennifer Parker is Marty McFly’s endlessly supportive girlfriend.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Jennifer in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Jennifer against each list of names.
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English
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Finnish
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Jennifer is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Jennifer in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 501 girls were named Jennifer, making it the #586 girls' name in the US. Since 1919, 1,471,703 girls have been named Jennifer, with the most (63,600) in 1972. It is most common, relative to births, in Nevada, South Carolina and Indiana.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Jennifer in other languages
- Ginevra Italian
Jennifer name days
- October 6 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Jennifer
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Jennifer, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Jennifer | 1973 | Eastern Pacific | 65 km/h |
| Hurricane Jennifer (Category 1) | 1969 | Eastern Pacific | 120 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Lakes named Jennifer
There are 6 lakes and reservoirs with Jennifer in their name, in 2 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 5🇨🇦 Canada 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Lac Jennifer | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Jennifer | Georgia, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Jennifer | Maryland, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Jennifer | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Jennifer | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Jennifer Creek Reservoir | Illinois, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Jennifer songs
17 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Jennifer in their title. The best known:
- Jennifer Juniper – Donovan (1968)
- In the Morning (Jennifer Lopez song) – Jennifer Lopez (2020)
- Jennifer Jennings – Louis Neefs (1969)
- On My Way (Jennifer Lopez song) – Jennifer Lopez (2021)
- Baila Conmigo (Jennifer Lopez song) – Jennifer Lopez (2019)
- Jennifer Eccles – The Hollies (1968)
- Always You (Jennifer Paige) – Jennifer Paige (1999)
- Birthday (Jennifer Lopez song)
- Wasted (Jennifer Paige Song) – Jennifer Paige (2008)
- Jennifer Aniston – Anssi Kela (2005)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Jennifer
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Jennifer.
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beattie
Jennifer Blake
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Fictional characters named Jennifer
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Jennifer as a pet name
FurryName has found 25 dogs named Jennifer in public pet registers, making it the #5,199 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (14), Allegheny County (9), Basel (1). Jennifer as a dog name →
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