home > boy names > jeno

Jeno - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jeno

[ syll. je-no, jen-o ] The boy name Jeno is pronounced YEHNow KEY. Jeno is of Old Greek and Hungarian origin. It is used mainly in the Hungarian language. The first name is derived from the name of an ancient tribe in Hungary. It has also been used as a form of Eugene since the 19th century.

Jeno is a form (Hungarian) of the English Eugene.

Jeno is a baby boy name of irregular use. It is ranked outside of the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly linked to Jeno, the English Eugene was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Jeno include the Hungarian Jenö, the Finnish and Hungarian Jani, the Hungarian and Czech Jano, the Czech, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Bavarian, English, and Estonian Johan, the German Johann, the Scandinavian Jóhann, the English and Scottish Euan, the Scottish Euen, the Scottish Eumann, the Irish and Scottish Eunan, the English and Scottish Ewan, the Scottish Ewen, the name Yemon, the Greek Yianni, the French Yoann, the French Yohan, the Russian Yona, the Hebrew Yonah, the Manx Yuan, and the name Yuma.

A famous person named Jeno is Eugene Ormandy, Conductor, born Jeno Blau November 18, 1899 - March 12, 1985, Budapest, Hungary.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jeno: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
Popularity Trend
for Jeno
from 1900 to 2008
Variant Popularity Chart
for Jeno
in 2008
 

Meaning of Eugene Meaning of Gene Meaning of Eugenia Meaning of Jeno Meaning of Evzen Meaning of Owen Meaning of Gene Meaning of Aodh Meaning of Eoghan