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Jenni - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jenni

[ 2 syll. jen-ni, je-nni ] The girl name Jenni is pronounced as JHEHNiy KEY. Jenni is primarily used in the English and Finnish languages, and its language of origin is Celtic and Hebrew.

Jenni is an English and Finnish variation of the English name Jane.

Jenni is also an English variant spelling of the English and German name Jenny.

Jenni is also a variation of the English name Genevieve.

Jenni is also an English short form of the English and German name Jennifer. Jenni is also an English and Finnish pet form of the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian name Johanna.

Jenni is rare as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1972, 0.013% of baby girls were given the name Jenni. It ranked at #708 then. The baby name has since suffered a marked decline in frequency, and is now of irregular use. Out of the group of girl names directly linked to Jenni, the English and German Jennifer was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Jenni include the English Jeni, the English Jenie, the English Jenney, the English Jennie, the English and German Jenny, the English Jeny, the English Genni, the English Gennie, the English Jacqueine, the Iranian Jahan, the English Jahna, the English Jaimie, the English and Polish Jama, the English Jamay, the English Jame, the English Jamey, the English Jami, the English Jamie, the English Jamii, and the English Jammie.

KEY: Pronunciation for Jenni: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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