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Jennings - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jennings

[ 2 syll. jen-nin-(g)(s), je-nni-ngs ] The boy name Jennings is pronounced JHEHNihNGZ KEY. Jennings' origin is varied and it is used largely in the English language. Jennings is a variant form of the English, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Belgian Jan.

Jennings is unusual as a baby boy name. In 1900, 0.019% of baby boys were given the name Jennings. It was #407 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Jennings, the English, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Belgian Jan was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Jennings include the Czech Janco, the Hungarian Jancsi, the Indian Janesh, the Slavic Janez, the Breton and French Janic, the Breton and French Janick, the Latvian and Lithuanian Janis, the Polish, Slavic, and Hungarian Janko, the Hungarian Jankó, the Breton and French Jannic, the Breton, French, and Scandinavian Jannick, the Breton, French, and Scandinavian Jannik, the Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Jannis, the Hungarian Janos, the Hungarian Janós, the English and German Janus, the English Jaymes, the Hungarian János, the Hungarian Jenci, and the Hungarian Jensi.

KEY: Pronunciation for Jennings: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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