Jenine

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

Jenine by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jenine.

Its American peak was 87 babies in 1970, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Jenine

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

  • JanineGod is gracious; a form of Jane38 in the US (2017)
  • Jeaninea form of jean or jeanne; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
  • Jenise17 in the US (2017)
  • Jenin3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jenina3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jenine

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

  • Jenangarden or paradise5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jeanninefeminine form of jean, god is gracious6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jenine

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