Jenin

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Jenin by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jenin. In the US, 9 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 46 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jenin

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

  • Jenangarden or paradise5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jenifair one; a form of Jenny or Jennifer
  • Jerin7 in the US (2017)
  • Jenina3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jenine3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jenin

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

  • Jeaninea form of jean or jeanne; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
  • Jeanninefeminine form of jean, god is gracious6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jenin

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