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I think Genna would be mispronounced.

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I think Jenna is nicknamey, dated and insubstantial. The two most famous namesakes I think of immediately are Jenna Marbles, which is mostly positive, and Jenna Jameson, which is so, so not. If you haven’t heard of her, I guarantee most of the men you know will have. And she’s not somebody you want to remind a man about when you’re talking about your sweet, innocent daughter. On her Wikipedia page it says she “ has been called the world's most famous adult entertainment performer’ and ‘The Queen of Porn’”.

Jenna

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Jenna all the way!
I do like the letter J, it begins my own name, and also several in my family. So, a personal choice.

I like Jenna. There’s a young one in my family. It’s never felt particularly dated to me. I think the Genna spelling is easy enough to understand, but don’t care for it. I do get having letter preferences; for me, it’s Catherine, Casper, Cillian, etc., never the “K” versions. But I like “J” just fine. :)

I prefer Jenna, Genna looks weird to me.

Genna ... I dunno, it's not awful. I can see why you like it. It reminds me of Genevieve. But I want it to be Gemma instead. I like Gemma so much more. And Jenna is so familiar ... the G doesn't add enough, for me personally, to want to change it.

For some reason, Genna looks like it should be said with a hard G. Not sure why, because I am quite ok with Gemma and Genevieve!

I prefer Jen or Jenny to Jenna. Genna looks as if it should be a nn form of Genevieve, as Jenna presumably started out as a nn for Jennifer.

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In both cases, I'd use either Jennifer or Genevieve, and let the nicknames, if any, just happen.

I like the way Genna looks as well.

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Genna Celeste
Genna Vivian
Genna Violet
Genna Verity
Genna Eloise
Genna Isobel / Genna Isabel
Genna Frances
Genna Felicity
Genna Florence
Genna Simone
Genna Rosalie
Genna Magdalene
Genna Miriam
Genna Mariam
Genna Lucille
Genna Lorelei
Genna Beatrice
Genna Iris
Genna Estelle
Genna Coralie
Genna Caroline
Genna Coraline
Genna Bryony
Genna Adele
Genna Adelaide

I think I prefer Jenna. I'm not crazy for either, but they're fine. I'd enjoy Genna as a nickname for Genevieve, Ginevra or Geneva, I suppose, though I'd prefer Eve or Eva. I don't think Jenna is that dated.

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Genna Briony
Genna Cordelia
Genna Frances
Genna Louisa
Genna Margaret
Genna Miriam
Genna Rosemary
Genna Tabitha
Genna Verity
Genna Vivian

I grew up with a Genevieve "Genna". I don't like it as much tbh. Even though words that begin with gen- have a soft g, I still want to say it with a hard one. Jenna is okay, but kind of bland, like Anna or Emma. Generically appealing.

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Genna Priscilla
Genna Briseis
Genna Lucille
Genna Lorraine
Genna Wilhelmine
Genna Caroline

Spelling it differently doesn't make it less dated. Jenna derives from Jennifer so spelling it Genna looks really weird to me, it looks misspelled. I also don't think that Jenna is awfully dated. A little bit, yes, but not as much as Jennifer. It is also more dated to the 90s and not to the 70s/80s as is Jennifer.

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I would go with Jenna Katherine.

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Maybe you like Gemma instead?

I've always liked Jenna, much more so than Jennifer. It's lighter and doesn't have the fer sound, which I don't like.
Genna doesn't look right; back when Bill Clinton was first running for president, in the early nineties, one of his many extramarital affairs came to light. The woman in question was named Gennifer Flowers. I always thought the g spelling was cheap and affected, like a gimmick (she was a wannabe singer, if I remember right.) So not Genna.

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Jenna Marie

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Jenna Rose

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Jenna Grace

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Jenna Kaitlyn

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Jenna Madison

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Jenna Laurel

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Jenna Sophia?

In the UK Gemma was very popular in the 1980s and 90s, so if I saw Genna I would assume it was a typo for Gemma. I think Jenna is perfectly fine. It's pretty.

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Genna Daisy
Genna Gabrielle
Genna Marie
Genna Ruby
Genna Rosalie
Genna Lily

I’d only use the spelling Genna if it was a nickname for Genevieve or another name starting with “Gen”.

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Sorry I’m not keen on the spelling. Have you considered the name Glenna?

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Genna Hope
Genna Florence
Genna Mirren

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Genna Sadie
Genna Violet
Genna Lacey

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Genna Hollie
Genna Elsie
Genna Summer

Hi !!!

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I prefer Genna because it could perfectly be the Italian form of Jenna as the JE sound would be transcribed as GE here.

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I like it also because it could be the short of Geneviève or Ginevra (instead of the usual Ginny).

I suppose it's okay, though it does look rather dated. While I think Genna looks nicer than Jenna, the spelling might be confusing for some people, and they might pronounce it as "GEHN-ə", so I'd pick Jenna from the two of them.
Some combos:
Jenna / Genna Bernadette
Jenna / Genna Evangeline
Jenna / Genna Magdalene
Jenna / Genna Penelope
Jenna / Genna Rhiannon

I prefer Genna, I think it's a lot less stuffy and more refreshing. I'm a bit biased though as I've never liked female 'J' names like Julia, Jane, etc.

I'd honestly not think to pronounce Genna as Jenna if I saw it on it's own. I'd immediately think it were pronounced like Gina or possibly GEHN-na, similar to Gehenna.

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I think Jenna is the better choice between the two. It's a sweet name.

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I'm a bit rusty on combos at the moment but these came to mind:
Jenna Florence
Jenna Josephine
Jenna Victoria
Jenna Felicity
Jenna Laurel
Jenna Elizabeth
Jenna Cordelia
Jenna Adelaide
Jenna Constance
Jenna Lily

Genna is like Jinger. Doesn't make sense. It should be Jenna and Ginger. Phonics is our friend.

Jenna Charlotte: Simple yet elegant and beautiful.