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Jens - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jens

[ 1 syll. jen(s), je-ns ] The boy name Jens is pronounced JHEHNZ KEY. Jens' language of origin is Hebrew, and it is predominantly used in German and Scandinavian. Jens is a variant form of the English John. Jens is also a short form (German and Scandinavian) of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Johannes. See also the related form, the English and Scandinavian Jensen.

Jens is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly related to Jens, the English John was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Jens include the English James, the Frisian and German Jannes, the Polish Jas, the Chinese Jing, the English Johns, the English Jones, the English Jong, the Finnish Joonas, the Scandinavian Jöns, 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, and the Breton, French, and Scandinavian Jannick.

KEY: English pronunciation for Jens: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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