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Jenna

/ˈd͡ʒɛnə/

Jenna proper noun: a female given name, variant of Jenny.

Proper noun

Jenna

  1. A female given name, variant of Jenny.
    • In 1981, their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna (named after their grandmothers) were born. In 1994, George W. Bush was elected governor of Texas.2002, Margaret Brown Klapthor, Allida M. Black, The First Ladies, Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 95
    • I gave the false name I always use, Jenna Barclay. Password: Jennbar17. I don't know why but this always strikes me as the perfect white, Anglo-Saxon name.2019 March 5, Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 284

Origin of Jenna

A Cornish name, usually as a diminutive form of Jennifer. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna when based on Jenny's other derivations.

Words formed from Jenna

Words that rhyme with Jenna

Questions about Jenna

What does Jenna mean?
Jenna means a female given name, variant of Jenny.
What part of speech is Jenna?
Jenna is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jenna?
Jenna is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/.

Words near Jenna in the dictionary

  1. Jenks
  2. Jenkyns
  3. Jenman
  4. jenminpi
  5. Jenn
  6. Jenna
  7. Jennabeth
  8. Jennah
  9. Jennahs
  10. Jennalyn
  11. Jenne

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