[Opinions] Guinevere
Thoughts on Guinevere? I really like it.
I always say GWIN-nih-veer (kind of) but this site says GWIN-nih-ver. How do you say it? Maybe I said it wrong in my head all of the time.
Guinevere or Jennifer?
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I always say GWIN-nih-veer (kind of) but this site says GWIN-nih-ver. How do you say it? Maybe I said it wrong in my head all of the time.
Guinevere or Jennifer?
Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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I far prefer Jennifer - much less mythical baggage. And I've always pronounced it with a -veer, like you, but that doesn't prove anything; I've got no evidence for or against.
I like it a lot, it's one of my favourite Arthurian names - delightfully clunky, and with associations ranging from saintly to villainous. I pronounce it somewhere between GWEN-ə-veer and GWIN-ə-veer. Guinevere > Jennifer, a thousand times.
I like the pronouciation you've been using. Both names are nice. I'd pick Jennifer
I've always pronounce Guinevere similar to you: GWIN-ə-veer. And I love it.
I would genuinely like Jennifer even more than I do presently, if it weren't so incredibly played out. There are so, so, so many Jennifers born in the late 60s through the 90s, it's unreal. I feel like everyone has a Jennifer in their family (immediate or extended), that's how popular it was.
I would genuinely like Jennifer even more than I do presently, if it weren't so incredibly played out. There are so, so, so many Jennifers born in the late 60s through the 90s, it's unreal. I feel like everyone has a Jennifer in their family (immediate or extended), that's how popular it was.
I pronounce it that first way. Veer not ver. I like it MUCH better than Jennifer, I think it’s super pretty! And almost Royal- feeling. Gives me Genevieve and Evangeline vibes, another long vintage name.