Jennilyn

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proper noun

A female given name originating as a coinage, a twentieth-century blend of Jennifer and Lyn (or their variants).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage, a twentieth-century blend of Jennifer and Lyn (or their variants).

    The girl, Jennilyn, was very dark, like her mama […]

    1995, Timothy Mo, Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard
    2 more examples

    […] Jennilyn Mann, who painstakingly put the manuscript into desktop publishing format […]

    1999, Mary Ann Farquhar, Children's literature in China: from Lu Xun to Mao Zedong

    Jennilyn, you check the closets. I'll check the yard and the swings. Suzi, you check with the neighbors. Trudy, go to the barn […]

    2003, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken soup for the horse lover's soul
Cite this entry
APA

Jennilyn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jennilyn

MLA

“Jennilyn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jennilyn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jennilyn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jennilyn.

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