Jenny

jenny Jenný English Alternative forms en Jenni, en Jennie Etymology From en Jen y, historically as a hypocoristic form of en Janet, en Jane, etc.Jenny but now more often used as a diminutive of en Jennifer. Rarely also a nickname of en Genevieve (compare en Genny, pronounced the same), en Eugenia or en Virginia (compare en Ginny). en Ivanka Jan Janelle Janet Janey Janine Jeanette Jeanie Jeannette Jeannine Jen Jenna Jessie Jo Jody Juanita Shanae Sinead Vanna in derivations from en Jane etc. In senses related to inanimate objects, partially derived from the generic senses of en Jane and partially an informal pronunciation of en engine. en Source required for the claim of "engine" here. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒɛni/ en En-au-Jenny.ogg AU en en-us-jenny.ogg US en ɛni 2 en Jen ny en Genny Proper noun + ies en female. en 1837 w:Leigh Hunt Jenny Kissed Me Jenny kissed me when we met,Jumping from the chair she sat in;Time, you thief, who love to getSweets into your list, put that in!Say I'm weary, say I'm sad,Say that health and wealth have missed me,Say I'm growing old, but add,Jenny kissed me. IV All this I recollect, but little more, except my mother gave me several beatings for calling my sister "Jenny", which I had learnt to do from others who knew her; but when my mother heard them, she was always very angry, and told them that her child had not such a vulgar name; at which many would laugh, and make a point of calling out "Jenny" to Virginia whenever they passed and saw her at the door. en Gerald Niels Lund 27 A Season of Joy: A Historical Novel The Work and the Glory 5 Salt Lake City, Ut. w:Bookcraft 1994 1996 (3rd printing) 452–453 https://archive.org/details/workgloryhistori0005lund/page/452/mode/1up 0-88494-960-5 Jennifer Jo McIntire (with two Jennys now, everyone had followed Matthew’s lead and taken to calling her by her full name) en. en w:Roy Strong The Inheritance The Laskett: The Story of a Garden London w:Bantam Books 2003 2005 25 https://archive.org/details/laskettstoryofga0000stro/page/25/mode/1up 0 553 81519 9 Mrs Wreford Brown died in 1946 and the house passed to Colonel and Mrs Jenny. From the Jennys it fell into the hands of developers and from them it passed to Colonel and Mrs Bryant and thence to us. Derived terms en creeping Jenny en Kick 'em Jenny en Jenny Lind Related terms en Johnny Descendants 1 nl Jenny 1 fo Jenný 1 fi Jenny 1 de Jenny 1 es Jenny 1 sv Jenny Translations female given name Arabic: ar جِينِي f jenī Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 珍妮 Zhēnnī Danish: da Jenny Dutch: nl Jenny f Finnish: fi Jenni Japanese: ja ジェニー Jenī Korean: ko ^제니 Norwegian: no Jenny Russian: ru Дже́нни f Spanish: es Juanita, es Juani Swedish: sv Jenny c, sv Jennie c Noun en UK informal A Wren (a member of the WRNS). en slang A Curtiss JN-4 airplane. en jenny. Derived terms en inverted Jenny en Jenny invert en upside-down Jenny References en 2-syllable words female given names from French female given names from Cornish female given names from Hebrew diminutives of female given names Cebuano Etymology ceb :der en:Jenny + 1 Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb female English Danish Etymology From da en Jenny. Proper noun da proper noun da female Norwegian Etymology From no en Jenny. Proper noun no proper noun no female Swedish Alternative forms sv Jennie Etymology From sv en Jenny, diminutive of en Jane. First recorded in Sweden in 1767. Later also used as a Swedish diminutive of sv Eugenia. Pronunciation sv /¹jɛnʏ/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Jenny.wav Proper noun c sv female References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 47 317 females with the given name Jenny living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.