Jenay
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Jenay by the numbers
Jenay was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 49 babies in 1987, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Jenay
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jenay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Jenay
Names that are said the same way as Jenay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- Jennahgod is gracious; variant of Jeanne or Jennifer51 in the US (2017)
- Jeanaa form of jean; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
- Jeannaa form of jeanne; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
- Genahospitable or welcoming; a form of Gina7 in the US (2017)
- Jena40 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jenay
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