Jennie

Diminutive of Janet, Jane, Jean, and Jennifer
"wellborn, noble"

Jennie Origin and Meaning

The name Jennie is a girl's name .

Long before the Jennifer Era, Jennie was a fashionable pet form of several names, and was also used independently -- in 1875 it was in the Top 20. Jennie was replaced by the Jenny spelling in the 1960s, and is rarely seen today.

# 916 in the US

Jennie Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Jennie

  • Jennifer Eve "Jennie" Garth
    American actress
  • Jennie Lynn Finch
    American softball player
  • Jennie Elizabeth McAlpine
    English actress
  • Jeanette "Jennie" Jerome
    Lady Randolph Churchill, American mother of British prime minister Winston Churchill
  • Janet "Jennie" Lee
    Baroness Lee of Asheridge, Scottish MP
  • Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
    American painter
  • Jennie Reed
    American track cyclist
  • Jennifer "Jennie" Bond
    English TV presenter
  • Jennie Linden
    English actress
  • Jennie Kim
    South Korean singer of girl group BlackPink
  • Jennie Somogyi
    American ballerina

Jennie in Pop Culture

  • Jane Johnson/Jennie Spring
    main character in "The Face on the Milk Carton" by Caroline B. Cooney
  • Jennie Baldrin
    cat character in "Jennie"/"The Abandoned," children's book by Paul Gallico