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Jenna
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jẹnna
English
Etymology
A Cornish name, usually as a diminutive form of en Jennifer.
en Ivanka Jan Janelle Janet Janey Janine Jeanette Jeanie Jeannette Jeannine Jen Jenny Jessie Jo Jody Juanita Shanae Sinead Vanna when based on en Jenny's other derivations.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/
en ɛnə 2
en Jena Gena
Proper noun
en female Jenny. 1970s
en 2002 Margaret Brown Klapthor; Allida M. Black The First Ladies Government Printing Office 0912308834 95 In 1981, their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna (named after their grandmothers) were born. In 1994, George W. Bush was elected governor of Texas.
en 2019-03-05 Elly Griffiths The Stranger Diaries Houghton Mifflin 9781328577856 284 I gave the false name I always use, Jenna Barclay. Password: Jennbar17. I don't know why but this always strikes me as the perfect white, Anglo-Saxon name.
Derived terms
en Jennabeth
en 2-syllable words female given names from Cornish female given names from French female given names from Hebrew diminutives of female given names
Finnish
Etymology
Modern variant of fi Jenni.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi 2002 w:Leena Lehtolainen Kun luulit unohtaneesi Tammi 951-31-2498-3 103 Jenna kuulosti nuoren naisen nimeltä, Katjaakin nuoremman. Mitäpä sellaiset kakarat tietäisivätkään elämän tosiasioista? Jenna sounded like the name of a young woman. Even younger than Katja. What would such brats know about the realities of life?
fi 2007 w:fi:Outi Alm Hemingwayn naiset Gummerus 978-951-20-7341-2 190 ―Siis kyllä minä vielä tytöt erotan pojista, yleensä, mutta ne nimet ja naamataulut ovat niin samankaltaisia. On Jennaa, Jonnaa, Jereä ja Joria, lävistyksiä, hiusvärejä ja tatuointeja. Mikseivät ne saman tien voi tatuoida nimeään otsaan niin mummokin muistaisi kenen kanssa puhuu? ―Well I can often tell girls apart from boys, usually, but the names and nameplates are so similar. You've got some Jennas, Jonnas, Jeres and Joris, piercings, hair dyes and tattoos. Why couldn't they just tattoo their names on their foreheads so that even their grandma would remember which one they're talking with?
Usage notes
The most popular first name for girls born in Finland in 1996, 1999 and 2000.
Declension
Jenn a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 10728 852 63
References
Anagrams
fi aejnn Janne