Yesenia

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Gender Feminine
Usage Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced Pron. gyeh-SEH-nya, yeh-SEH-nya

Meaning & History

From Jessenia, the genus name of a variety of palm trees found in South America. As a given name, it was popularized by the writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché in the 1970 Mexican telenovela Yesenia and the 1971 film adaptation [1].