Yenifer

Gender: Girl
Say it: YEN-ee-fer
Origin: Cornish
US rank, 2025: #6,837 for girls

Yenifer is a girls' name of Cornish origin, meaning “fair, white”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).

What does Yenifer mean?

Cornish: Latin American spelling of Jennifer, the Cornish form of Guinevere

“fair, white”

A Latin American phonetic spelling of Jennifer, the Cornish form of Guinevere, King Arthur's queen.

Is Yenifer a girl's or a boy's name?

Yenifer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Yenifer in the US?

Rank in 2025: 6,837th among girls
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 32% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Yenifer, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.

2025 had more girls named Yenifer than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Yenifer in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 80 in 20062025

Yenifer in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	16	#6,837
2024	14	#7,590
2023	15	#7,242
2022	11	#9,050
2021	11	#8,973
2020	14	#7,554
2019	7	#12,442
2018	13	#8,142
2017	11	#9,337
2016	9	#10,855
2015	6	#14,477
2014	11	#9,512
2013	8	#11,964
2012	16	#7,452
2011	19	#6,561
2010	30	#4,734
2009	27	#5,225
2008	52	#3,221
2007	62	#2,890
2006	80	#2,353
2005	53	#3,005
2004	54	#2,923
2003	61	#2,607
2002	71	#2,285
2001	65	#2,407
2000	68	#2,273
1999	63	#2,340
1998	56	#2,458
1997	59	#2,280
1996	45	#2,710
1995	37	#3,082
1994	37	#3,093
1993	23	#4,387
1992	24	#4,229
1991	6	#11,501
1990	9	#8,495
1989	6	#10,841