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Jennie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jennie

[ 2 syll. jen-nie, je-nn-ie ] The girl name Jennie is pronounced JHEHNiy KEY. Jennie's language of origin is Celtic and Hebrew, and it is predominantly used in English.

Jennie is a variant of Jane (English).

Jennie is also a variant of Jenny (English and German) in the English language.

Jennie is also a variant of Genevieve (English).

Jennie is also a pet form of Jennifer (English and German) in the English language.

Jennie is an uncommon baby name for girls. In 1900, 0.378% of baby girls were named Jennie. Its ranking then was #64. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is of only very light use today. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly related to Jennie, Jennifer (English and German) was the most widely used. The name Jennie has been predominantly given to girls, although it has also been used as a boy name in the past century. Girls named Jennie outnumbered boys by 41 times in 1905.

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

Details of famous persons named Jennie:
Noblewoman Jennie Lee, born Janet Lee, 3 November 1904 - 16 November 1988, Lochgelly, in Fife, Scotland.
Political Relative Randolph Churchill, born Jennie Jerome, January 9, 1854 - June 9, 1921, Brooklyn, New York.

KEY: Pronunciation for Jennie: 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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