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Irish form of Guinevere
by lac (guest)
5/1/2009, 9:36 PM
What's the Irish form of Guinevere / Jennifer? TIA.
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- JennyWelsh (guest)   +2
5/4/2009, 6:17 AM
Irish/Scottish forms of Guinevere include Fionnabhair, Finnabair, Findabair, Fionnuir and, modernized/anglicized, Finora sometimes spelt Fennore.
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- Dracotorix
5/8/2009, 3:52 PM
I've seen Fionavar before, and I'm assuming it's a spelling of Fionnabhair? I'm not exactly an expert on Irish pronouncing...
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- Llewella (penguiny7)
5/4/2009, 1:13 PM
Really? I find that interesting! I LOVE Fennore and Finora, but never knew they were considered to be related to Guinevere. Cool!
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- Llewella (penguiny7)
5/2/2009, 5:56 AM
I've never seen a Gaelicization of Guinevere, and I just looked at two sites which have giant lists of Gaelicizations and Jennifer or Guinevere aren't there. Kind of surprising.I suppose you could translate it directly and make up a name. Like... Fionnmín.
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