Jen - Meaning of Jen

What does Jen mean?

[ 1 syll. jen, je-n ] The baby boy name Jen is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHehN †. The origin of Jen is Hebrew. Jen is a variant of the name John (English and Hebrew).

See also the related category hebrew.

Jen is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Jen, John was the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Jen include Jaeson, Jam (English), Jan (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Scandinavian, Belgian, and Slavic), Jasón, Jaym, Jean (French), Jeane, Jeanne, Jeen, Jem (English), Jenö (Hungarian), Jéan, Jhan, Jhon, Jian, Jim (English and Dutch), Jimm (English), Jin (Chinese and Japanese), Jinn, and Joan (Catalan).

† English pronunciation for Jen: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"



Meaning of Jen Meaning of Jen Meaning of John
Baby Name Explorer for Jen

Jen Popularity Charts

Legend:
blue:boy name
red:girl name
italics:unisex name
bold:primary name