Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
Originally a medieval English diminutive of Jane. Since the middle of the 20th century it has been primarily considered a diminutive of Jennifer.
Related Names
VariantsJan, Janae, Janel, Janelle, Janet, Janette, Janey, Janie, Jannette, Jaynie, Jen, Jena, Jenelle, Jeni, Jenn, Jenna, Jenni, Jennie, Janeka, Janele, Janella, Janetta, Jenae, Jenessa(English) Jenna, Jenni(Finnish)
DiminutiveJan(English)
Other Languages & CulturesShavon, Shavonne(African American) Gwenhwyfar, Guenevere, Guinevere(Arthurian Romance) Jone(Basque) Zhanna(Belarusian) Joanna(Biblical) Ioanna(Biblical Greek) Iohanna(Biblical Latin) Yanna(Breton) Ioana, Ivana, Yana, Yanka, Yoana(Bulgarian) Joana, Jana(Catalan) Jenifer(Cornish) Ghjuvanna(Corsican) Ivana(Croatian) Ivana, Jana, Johana, Žaneta(Czech) Johanna, Johanne, Jeanette(Danish) Janeth(Eastern African) Jaana, Jana, Janika, Johanna(Estonian) Jóna(Faroese) Jeanne, Johanne, Guenièvre, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanine, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jessy(French) Xoana(Galician) Gianna, Ioanna, Yanna, Yianna(Greek) Dzsenifer, Johanna, Zsanett(Hungarian) Jenný, Jóhanna, Jóna(Icelandic) Síne, Siobhán, Sinéad(Irish) Giovanna, Ginevra(Italian) Johanna(Late Roman) Jana, Janīna, Žanna(Latvian) Janina, Žaneta(Lithuanian) Ivana, Jovana(Macedonian) Jehanne, Johanne(Medieval French) Janina, Joanna, Żaneta(Polish) Joana(Portuguese) Ioana(Romanian) Yana, Zhanna, Zhannochka(Russian) Giuanna(Sardinian) Jean, Seona, Sheena, Sheona, Shona, Jessie, Sheenagh(Scottish) Seonag, Sìne, Seònaid, Sìneag, Teasag(Scottish Gaelic) Ivana, Jovana(Serbian) Ivana, Jana, Žaneta(Slovak) Ivana, Jana(Slovene) Ivanna, Yana, Zhanna(Ukrainian) Shan, Siân, Siwan, Siana, Siani, Sioned(Welsh) Gwenhwyfar(Welsh Mythology)
Same SpellingJenný
Popularity
People think this name is
youthful informal common natural wholesome refined simple
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