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Jenna en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/

Etymology

A Cornish name, usually as a diminutive form of Jennifer. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna when based on Jenny's other derivations.

Meanings

  1. A female given name, variant of Jenny.
    • 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. 2019 March 5, Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 284:
    • In 1981, their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna (named after their grandmothers) were born. In 1994, George W. Bush was elected governor of Texas. 2002, Margaret Brown Klapthor, Allida M. Black, The First Ladies, Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 95:

Deriveds

Jennabeth