Details for the forename Gaynor

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Gaynor (female)


Variants:	Gaenor (F) Guinevere (F)
Diminutive(s):	Gay (F)
Derivative of:	Gwenhwyfar (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Jennifer (F)
Can be spelt:	Gaenor (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English. A medieval variant of Guinevere, itself from the Old French form of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar "holy" + "soft". Jennifer is a Cornish variant of Guinevere so we have classed it as a lesser synonym of Gaynor.