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Gaynor (female)

Variants:Gaenor (F) Guinevere (F)
Diminutive(s):Gay (F)
Derivative of:Gwenhwyfar (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):Jennifer (F)
Can be spelt:Gaenor (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English. A medieval variant of Guinevere, itself from the Old French form of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar "holy" + "soft".

Jennifer is a Cornish variant of Guinevere so we have classed it as a lesser synonym of Gaynor.
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