Jeno

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jeno by the numbers

Jeno was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Jeno

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

  • Junoroman queen of the gods104 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jensgod is gracious; form of Johannes23 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jeno

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

  • Genowell-born, noble; a diminutive form of Eugene or Eugenio56 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jeno

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