Most name books give this name as an Italian form of Jennifer, meaning "white wave" or "fair one". Some give it as the Italian form of Genevieve. It is also a variant of 'Guinevere,' as in the King Arthur tradition. Famous real-life people named Ginevra: | Edit.
Glenys, a Welsh female given name meaning "clean, holy", may refer to: Glenys Bakker (born 1962), One legged Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.
Glynn Name Meaning. Welsh and Cornish: topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, Welsh glyn, Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word. Morgan proposes Glynllifon in Caernarfon as a probably source of the Welsh surname. Irish: reduced form of Gaelic Mag Fhloinn (see McGlynn).
Griffith is a surname of Welsh origin which derives from the given name Gruffudd. The prefix Griff (originally Gruff) may mean "strong grip" and the suffix, udd, means "chief"/"lord".
Contribute your knowledge to the name Guinevere. ... Old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which is composed of the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth". In Arthurian legend she was the beautiful wife of King Arthur who engaged in an adulterous affair with Sir Lancelot.
Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy". It can be a shortened form of Gwenhwÿfar (Guinevere) or other names beginning with the same element, such as: Gwenaëlle (modern feminine form of Breton Gwenaël) Gwenda (explained as a compound of gwen "white, pure, blessed, holy" + da "good, well") Gwendolen.
Gwyn, Gwynn or Gwynne, are given names and surnames meaning "white" or/and "blessed" in Welsh and Cornish.
Howell Name Meaning. Welsh: from the personal name Hywel 'eminent', popular since the Middle Ages in particular in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. English: habitational name from Howell in Lincolnshire, so named from an Old English hugol 'mound', 'hillock' or hune 'hoarhound'.
Origin of the name Ivor: Scottish form of Ivar, a name introduced by Scandinavian settlers. It is derived from the Old Norse elements yŕ (yew, bow) and herr (warrior, army): hence, "archer, bow warrior."
Iversen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Iver", from the Old Norse personal name Ívarr. The Old Norse personal name is composed of the two elements: either ív meaning "yew tree", "bow" or Ing (an old Germanic God); and the element ar meaning "warrior" or "spear".
