Guinevere
GWIN-uh-veer
Welsh/French
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- White phantom; Fair lady
- Origin
- Welsh/French
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Guinevere does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "White phantom; Fair lady", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Guinevere.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Guinevere is the bride made ready — glorious, without spot, holy and without blemish, the fair lady presented at the marriage of the Lamb.
- Verses on this meaning
- Ephesians 5:27
"That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."
- Revelation 19:7
"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready."
- Ephesians 5:27