Jenica

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jenica by the numbers

Jenica was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 94 babies in 1981, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jenica

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

  • Jennicagod is gracious; a form of Janice19 in the US (2017)
  • Jesicagod beholds; a spelling variant of jessica8 in the US (2017)
  • Janicagod is gracious; feminine diminutive of john6 in the US (2017)
  • Jenicka15 in the US (2017)
  • Jenika7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jerica11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jenica

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

  • Jennikagod is gracious; form of jenny or jeannine9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jenica

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