Jenny
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning fair one; diminutive of Jennifer or Genevieve.
How Jenny has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #966 |
| 2017 | #997 |
Jenny by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Jenny. In the US, 259 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,687 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Genevieve
Like Jenny, each of these traces back to Genevieve: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Genevievewoman of the race or tribe1,653 in the US (2017)
- Jenevievewoman of the race; a variant of Genevieve60 in the US (2017)
- Jenavievewoman of the race; a variant of Genevieve42 in the US (2017)
- Genavieveof the race of women; respelling of Genevieve22 in the US (2017)
- Geneviveof the tribe of women; an invented spelling of Genevieve7 in the US (2017)
- Genevejuniper tree; a respelling of Geneva or Genevieve5 in the US (2017)
- Gennavievewoman of the race; a form of Geneviève5 in the US (2017)
- Gwenevievevariant of Genevieve, meaning woman of the race5 in the US (2017)
Other names that come from Jennifer
Like Jenny, each of these traces back to Jennifer: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jenniferfair one; form of Guinevere1,042 in the US (2017)
- Jennahgod is gracious; variant of Jeanne or Jennifer51 in the US (2017)
- Jenessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer46 in the US (2017)
- Jeniferfair one; a form of Jennifer16 in the US (2017)
- Jennyferfair one; a spelling variant of Jennifer12 in the US (2017)
- Jennellegod is gracious; elaboration of Jenny or Jennifer10 in the US (2017)
- Jennessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer10 in the US (2017)
- Ginniferfair one; a respelling of Guinevere or Jennifer5 in the US (2017)
Names that come from Jenny
Forms of Jenny in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jenny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Jenny
Names that are said the same way as Jenny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Jenny, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jenny
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