Släkthistoria för Genever
Genever Vad efternamn betyder
from the Middle English female personal name Gweniver Genever Jenever Juniver. It was an Anglo-Norman borrowing and adaptation of Welsh Gwenhwyvar (gwen ‘fair white’ + (g)wyfar ‘smooth soft yielding’) which became widely known through the name of King Arthur's wife in French and English medieval romances. Withycombe records it as Gwenhevare in 1431 in Shrops and as Jenefer in 1554 and Junipher in 1691 both in Cornwall.from Middle English janiver jenever geniver (Old French geniver) the name of the month January. Compare January Gennery and Feaviour. Spellings of the surname beginning in Jan- Gen- and Jen- below could relate to this explanation or to explanation (i) but spellings beginning in Jun- below can only belong with (i).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
