Jennie - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Jennie \j(en)-

. Diminutive of Janet or Jennifer. Used as an independent name since the 19th century. Swedish soprano Jennie Lind; talk show host Jenny Jones.

Jennie has 5 variant forms: Jenee, Jennee, Jenney, Jenni and Jenny.

For more information, see also related names Eugenia, Genevieve and Guinevere.

Baby names that sound like Jennie are Gennie, Jinnie, Jannie, Jennae, Jenie, Jeanie, Jeannie and Jonnie.

Jennie is a very common first name for women (#265 out of 4276) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#51185 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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