Ginevra (given name)

Ginevra is a feminine given name. It was occasionally used in medieval and Renaissance Italy in reference to Queen Guinevere, King Arthur’s queen in the popular Arthurian legends.[1] It is the Italian version of the name Guinevere, which is a Norman French version of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, meaning "white" and "smooth" or "white phantom."[2][3] It is also associated with the juniper tree in Italy, where the name for the tree is ginepro. Geneva, Switzerland is called Ginevra in Italian.[4] It is a currently popular name for girls in Italy, where it was among the top 10 most popular names for baby girls in 2019. There were 3,721 newborn girls, representing 1.83 percent of girls who were born in that year, who were given the name, compared with 446, or 0.18 percent, of the Italian girls born in 1999.[5] It is in occasional use in other countries, including the United States, where it was given to 12 newborn girls born in 2020 [6] and Switzerland, where it was given to 17 girls born in 2020.[7]

Ginevra

Queen Guinevere’s Maying by John Collier.
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Italian
Origin
Meaning	Italian form of Guinevere, meaning white phantom.
Other names
See also	Geneva, Guinevere, Jennifer, Juniper