Meanings
Jen1
- A female given name.
The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.
2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021 - Middle English masculine personal name, a short form of Old French Jehan
Jen2
Origin
Jen · proper noun
Usually a clipped or hypocoristic form of Jennifer, although also used for Jean, Jeanette, Jeannette, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in these secondary derivations.
Full word history & related roots →Jen · proper noun
- Chinese妊
- EnglishJen
From the atonal and diacriticless Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 妊 (Rèn), an ancient surname also used as an adjective meaning "pregnant". Doublet of Ren.
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Jen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jen
“Jen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jen.
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