Jennessy

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jennessy by the numbers

Jennessy was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jennessy

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

  • Jennessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer10 in the US (2017)
  • Jenessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer46 in the US (2017)
  • Jennesis5 in the US (2017)
  • Jennellegod is gracious; elaboration of Jenny or Jennifer10 in the US (2017)
  • Jeanelly6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jennessy

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