How did the craze for naming girls Jennifer get started?

Evidently, some time back in the late sixties some very famous woman must have been named Jennifer, because it was then that the name started becoming very popular and continues to be popular to this very day. Is my theory correct, and, if so, who was that famous woman?

How did the craze for naming girls Jennifer get started?
It doesn't work that way. My mother chose my name, for example, because she felt it was unusual -- as did many other mothers of the time! These things go in waves. There was a famous actress called Jennifer Jones who starred in "Oklahoma", but who knows whether she had anything to do with it! The original Jennifer was, of course, Queen Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur.
Reply:People are like sheep. They go where everybody else goes and do what everybody else does.


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Reply:I dont' know why it happens, but names come and go in popularity by the masses. lately the top ten names for girls now going on 5 or so years are Emma, Emily, Olivia, Sophia, and Ava, look it up. Suddenly people say "I'm going to name my daughter Sophia!" and everybody goes Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! My mom named me my name while living in a foreign country where no one had that name, then she moves to the USA and I grow up with at least one other girl in my class with the same name. Looking back it was in the top ten list the years close to my birth year. But she didn't know that bc to her and her country it was unique. I think once names get overlyused they dissapear but then have a resurgance decades later. Look up lists and you will see what I mean.
Reply:Hmm, I don't remember a particular famous Jennifer in the 60's. But it's true that names come and go from fashion. Mildred was once a really popular name, in the early part of the 20th century! Maybe there was a famous Jennifer that sparked the trend, and if she did, it's still going strong today. Have a look at the links and see how names have changed over the years. :)
Reply:Uh, Did anyone not know that Jennifer derives from "Guinevere" (possibly after King Arthur's wife's name), a Celtic/Keltic name that means "white-haired"?
Reply:I think it started with me. I named my daughter Jennifer, and at that time I did not know any other Jennifers.

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