cornish names

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4 names · Page 1 of 1. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Dzsenifer

From English Jennifer, from Cornish.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R

Gweniver

From Cornish, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever, from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Doublet of Jennifer.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R

Jago

From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends O

Jennifer

From Cornish Gweniver, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever (cognate with Welsh Gwenhwyfar), from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Doublet of Guinevere. Compare Irish Fionnabhair, which…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R