Jennifer Forename
127th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,414,845 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Palau
Jennifer Forename Definition:
A delightful English adaptation of the Celtically derived Winifred or Winifrid, q. v. Unfortunately, it seems to show signs of decay.
Read More About This ForenameJennifer Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,899,569 | 1:191 | 16 |
| Philippines | 97% | 280,696 | 1:378 | 32 |
| England | 100% | 203,174 | 1:274 | 48 |
| Canada | 100% | 139,151 | 1:238 | 17 |
| France | 100% | 88,481 | 1:751 | 160 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 82,227 | 1:2,159 | 405 |
| Uganda | 100% | 61,050 | 1:671 | 121 |
| Ghana | 100% | 57,366 | 1:470 | 106 |
| Germany | 100% | 47,855 | 1:2,020 | 334 |
| Brazil | 100% | 47,487 | 1:4,511 | 621 |
| South Africa | 100% | 42,463 | 1:1,284 | 181 |
| Australia | - | 41,403 | 1:330 | 60 |
| Sudan | 100% | 24,591 | 1:1,537 | 291 |
| Scotland | 100% | 22,865 | 1:234 | 50 |
| Spain | 100% | 21,117 | 1:2,203 | 297 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21,018 | 1:1,437 | 230 |
| Chile | 100% | 14,152 | 1:1,244 | 225 |
| Ecuador | - | 13,564 | 1:1,307 | 242 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 13,207 | 1:1,280 | 270 |
| Mexico | 100% | 12,558 | 1:9,886 | 865 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 11,225 | 1:726 | 82 |
| Kenya | 100% | 10,998 | 1:4,211 | 693 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 10,923 | 1:1,412 | 263 |
| Wales | 100% | 10,800 | 1:287 | 57 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 9,543 | 1:193 | 31 |
| Jamaica | - | 9,419 | 1:306 | 31 |
| Ireland | 100% | 9,391 | 1:494 | 104 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8,246 | 1:5,794 | 638 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,003 | 1:596 | 121 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,496 | 1:605 | 141 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7,355 | 1:1,340 | 224 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 6,875 | 1:1,517 | 245 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 6,858 | 1:4,440 | 488 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 6,768 | 1:1,680 | 361 |
| Peru | 100% | 6,594 | 1:4,821 | 730 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,541 | 1:1,757 | 401 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6,404 | 1:10,941 | 1,756 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6,369 | 1:557 | 106 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 5,544 | 1:2,906 | 454 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,544 | 1:1,935 | 310 |
| India | 100% | 5,531 | 1:219,649 | 22,308 |
| Malawi | 97% | 5,478 | 1:3,124 | 539 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 5,465 | 1:1,297 | 268 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,837 | 1:6,370 | 992 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,540 | 1:11,627 | 1,432 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 3,930 | 1:6,013 | 1,171 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,891 | 1:1,004 | 175 |
| Zambia | - | 3,871 | 1:4,096 | 613 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,479 | 1:391 | 25 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,362 | 1:6,187 | 1,019 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,208 | 1:49,707 | 4,289 |
| China | - | 3,132 | 1:436,161 | 24,690 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,884 | 1:2,952 | 342 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,452 | 1:3,350 | 545 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 2,448 | 1:2,458 | 438 |
| Congo | 88% | 2,441 | 1:2,052 | 326 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,085 | 1:903 | 194 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,943 | 1:4,538 | 625 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,927 | 1:1,230 | 100 |
| Namibia | - | 1,898 | 1:1,267 | 264 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,793 | 1:143,873 | 15,026 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,692 | 1:3,716 | 620 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,683 | 1:36,282 | 1,168 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,627 | 1:56,485 | 3,106 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,599 | 1:477 | 23 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,504 | 1:4,217 | 474 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,497 | 1:369 | 25 |
| Barbados | - | 1,487 | 1:195 | 21 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,405 | 1:186 | 18 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,345 | 1:17,673 | 3,318 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,319 | 1:28,830 | 928 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 1,265 | 1:4,449 | 676 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,093 | 1:7,093 | 591 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,048 | 1:554 | 110 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,009 | 1:396 | 74 |
| Samoa | - | 1,004 | 1:194 | 28 |
| Portugal | - | 959 | 1:10,856 | 642 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 883 | 1:83,610 | 4,669 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 856 | 1:4,004 | 430 |
| Denmark | - | 829 | 1:6,815 | 691 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| Botswana | 100% | 717 | 1:3,047 | 537 |
| Fiji | - | 691 | 1:1,291 | 328 |
| Malta | - | 636 | 1:675 | 157 |
| Palau | - | 615 | 1:35 | 8 |
| Japan | - | 613 | 1:208,786 | 6,997 |
| Israel | 100% | 606 | 1:13,866 | 1,542 |
| Morocco | - | 601 | 1:57,152 | 2,267 |
| Argentina | 100% | 580 | 1:73,747 | 1,641 |
| Guam | - | 544 | 1:295 | 31 |
| Czechia | 100% | 543 | 1:19,625 | 566 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 510 | 1:305 | 63 |
| Norway | 100% | 491 | 1:10,453 | 897 |
| Dominica | - | 480 | 1:157 | 32 |
| South Korea | 100% | 470 | 1:11,797 | 1,387 |
| Bahrain | - | 459 | 1:2,938 | 469 |
| Liberia | 100% | 429 | 1:10,285 | 934 |
| Jersey | 100% | 426 | 1:235 | 39 |
| Bermuda | - | 394 | 1:165 | 11 |
| Swaziland | - | 384 | 1:3,386 | 687 |
| Belize | 100% | 362 | 1:979 | 193 |
| Greece | 100% | 350 | 1:31,242 | 1,328 |
| Mauritius | - | 315 | 1:4,120 | 693 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 310 | 1:69,711 | 4,108 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 297 | 1:370 | 36 |
| Hungary | 100% | 293 | 1:33,419 | 483 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 287 | 1:36,939 | 1,797 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 286 | 1:945 | 219 |
| Finland | 100% | 284 | 1:19,307 | 1,100 |
| Oman | - | 272 | 1:15,105 | 1,488 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 270 | 1:3,226 | 439 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 267 | 1:230 | 17 |
| Micronesia | - | 257 | 1:414 | 77 |
| Romania | 100% | 235 | 1:85,328 | 3,970 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 226 | 1:242 | 31 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 223 | 1:500 | 33 |
| Guernsey | - | 219 | 1:289 | 74 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 216 | 1:899,804 | 16,560 |
| Grenada | 100% | 200 | 1:541 | 68 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 186 | 1:3,033 | 412 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 183 | 1:972 | 152 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 175 | 1:568 | 60 |
| Iraq | 100% | 174 | 1:201,252 | 3,488 |
| Russia | 98% | 174 | 1:828,929 | 7,608 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 152 | 1:47,611 | 1,836 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 144 | 1:49,667 | 4,455 |
| Aruba | - | 142 | 1:731 | 125 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 123 | 1:446 | 51 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| French Polynesia | - | 113 | 1:2,459 | 522 |
| Brunei | - | 111 | 1:3,780 | 392 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 106 | 1:873,803 | 2,521 |
| Albania | 99% | 101 | 1:30,164 | 3,338 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 95 | 1:329 | 14 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 93 | 1:373 | 46 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 84 | 1:1,012 | 139 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 74 | 1:692 | 61 |
| American Samoa | - | 72 | 1:776 | 63 |
| Benin | 100% | 69 | 1:153,273 | 8,041 |
| Estonia | 100% | 66 | 1:19,930 | 1,700 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 65 | 1:355,014 | 14,807 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 54 | 1:9,799 | 1,029 |
| Turkey | 100% | 49 | 1:1,587,790 | 12,658 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| Macau | - | 45 | 1:13,516 | 291 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 44 | 1:217 | 70 |
| Iceland | 100% | 43 | 1:8,512 | 841 |
| Mongolia | - | 43 | 1:68,251 | 5,097 |
| Monaco | 100% | 31 | 1:1,241 | 265 |
| Afghanistan | - | 26 | 1:1,254,751 | 13,946 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Andorra | - | 22 | 1:3,768 | 371 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 21 | 1:117,084 | 3,073 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 20 | 1:663 | 80 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 19 | 1:1,992 | 317 |
| Jordan | 99% | 18 | 1:490,376 | 3,812 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Croatia | 100% | 16 | 1:263,567 | 4,024 |
| Cuba | - | 16 | 1:719,160 | 3,314 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 14 | 1:1,297 | 213 |
| Palestine | 100% | 14 | 1:325,004 | 2,773 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 13 | 1:242 | 27 |
| Moldova | - | 13 | 1:273,934 | 2,181 |
| Montserrat | - | 13 | 1:375 | 28 |
| Myanmar | - | 13 | 1:3,996,021 | 1,392 |
| Cambodia | - | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Senegal | - | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 9 | 1:391,606 | 4,501 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Nepal | - | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 8 | 1:39,767 | 1,981 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 7 | 1:833 | 183 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Guinea | - | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Laos | - | 5 | 1:1,317,371 | 896 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Maldives | 100% | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Jénnifer (11) & Jênnifer (4) are calculated separately.
Jennifer (7,576) may also be a surname.
Jennifer Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A delightful English adaptation of the Celtically derived Winifred or Winifrid, q. v. Unfortunately, it seems to show signs of decay.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Cornish form of Guenever.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Celtic name, meaning: White wave.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
This name means 'fair one'. It originated in Cornwall.
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