Jenniferとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfə/
• ハイフネーション: Jen‧ni‧fer

固有名詞

Jennifer

1. A female given name from Cornish.
   • 1906, George Bernard Shaw, The Doctor's Dilemma, act I:

     RIDGEON. Thats a wonderful drawing. Why is it called Jennifer?
     MRS DUBEDAT. My name is Jennifer.
     RIDGEON. A strange name.
     MRS DUBEDAT. Not in Cornwall. I am Cornish. It's only what you call Guinevere.

   • 1960, Jerrard Tickell, The Hunt for Richard Thorpe, Doubleday, page 10:

     "Most people's sisters have decent names like Jennifer or Jane or something. What did you say hers was?"

   • 2000, Dana Stabenow, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Dutton, →ISBN, page 131:

     Jennifer. Jenny with the light brown hair. Jenny-fair, their high school French teacher had called her, and fair she had been.

   • 2025 February 10, Monica Haider, “Dermatologists share how to treat dry skin”, in CNN‎:

     “When it comes to the dry skin, it’s really a matter of that top barrier that’s not holding onto the moisture as well,” said Dr. Jennifer Stein, a dermatologist at NYU Langone Health.

使用する際の注意点

• The name was mostly used in Cornwall before the 20th century. It became popular in all English-speaking countries, first in UK in the 1950s, and then in US as the top name for women born in 1970-1984.

派生語

関連する語

• Gaynor
• Ginevra
• Guinevere
• Gweniver
• pet forms: Jen, Jena, Jeni, Jenn, Jenna, Jenni, Jennie, Jenny, Jeny