Ginevra

Italian variation of Guinevere or Jennifer

"white shadow, white wave"

Ginevra Origin and Meaning

The name Ginevra is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "white shadow, white wave".

This lovely alternative for the Jennifer-lover ranks among the most popular girls' names in Italy. At this point in the US, the legions of Jennifers born in the 1970s are starting to become grandmas, so Ginevra might make an apt honor name for granny Jen.

Ginevra Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 855 on Nameberry

Ginevra Popularity

• 855 Nameberry 2024
• 4 Italy 2022

20 Names Similar to Ginevra

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Ginevra.

• Minerva
• Ginny
• Isabeau
• Geneva
• Hermione
• Guinevere
• Ardith
• Philippa
• Caradoc
• Gaia
• Ariadne
• Astraea
• Undine
• Ginger
• Ismene
• Eluned
• Anouk
• Fiorella
• Eugenie
• Ingrid

Famous People Named Ginevra

• Ginevra King American socialite and debutante; first love of F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Ginevra de Benci 15th century Italian aristocrat, subject of a Leonardo da Vinci painting
• Ginevra Cantofoli Italian painter
• Ginevra Elkann Italian film director
• Ginevra Sforza wife and counselor of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna
• Ginevra Gilardino daughter of Alberto Gilardino & Alice Bregoli

Ginevra in Pop Culture

• Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Potter (née Weasley) character in the Harry Potter series
• Ginevra Fanshawe from Charlotte Bronte's novel "Villette"
• "Ginevra di Scozia " opera by Simon Mayr
• Princess Ginevra of Scotland main character in "Ariodante" by George Frideric Handel
• The Hon. Ginevra Hipsley character in "Hudson River Bracketed" (1929) and "The Gods Arrive" (1932) by Edith Wharton, 'who kept white mice on whose sensibilities she experimented by means of folk,songs accompanied by the accordion'
• "Ginevra degli Almieri " 1935 Italian movie
• Ginevra Galbraith character in Sir Gibbie