First Derivation:Jenna ->
Jenny ->
Jennifer ->
Guinevere -> Gwenhwyfar ("fair, smooth"/"white, smooth"
Second Derivation:Jenna ->
Jenny ->
Jane -> Jehanne ->
Johannes ->
Ioannes ->
Yochanan -> Yehochanan ("
Yahweh is gracious")
Yahweh may have been based off of an old Semitic word meaning "to be" or "to become".
Miranda