Jenaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
8
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3035
8 babies

Jenaya by the numbers

In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Jenaya. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 55 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jenaya

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 Jenaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Janaya15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jenayah7 in the US (2017)
  • Jenay5 in the US (2017)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Jennyfair one; diminutive of Jennifer or Genevieve259 in the US (2017)
  • JaniyaGod is gracious; a form of Jane184 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jenaya

Names that are said the same way as Jenaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jeniahgod is gracious; form of jehovah or jane9 in the US (2017)
  • Jenae23 in the US (2017)
  • Geonna12 in the US (2017)
  • Jenaiah7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Genae5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jenaya

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