Jenna

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/ˈd͡ʒɛnə/

proper noun

A female given name, variant of Jenny.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name, variant of Jenny.First known use 1970s

    In 1981, their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna (named after their grandmothers) were born. In 1994, George W. Bush was elected governor of Texas.

    2002, Margaret Brown Klapthor, Allida M. Black, The First Ladies, Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 95
    1 more example

    I gave the false name I always use, Jenna Barclay. Password: Jennbar17. I don't know why but this always strikes me as the perfect white, Anglo-Saxon name.

    2019 March 5, Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 284

Origin

A Cornish name, usually as a diminutive form of Jennifer. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna when based on Jenny's other derivations.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Jenna

antennaViennasiennahennasennagenaGlennaKennaAvicennarectennaTorpenhow
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Sounds the same

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APA

Jenna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jenna

MLA

“Jenna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jenna. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jenna,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jenna.

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