Jenny

Diminutive of Janet, Jane, Jean, and Jennifer

"tribe woman"

Jenny Origin and Meaning

The name Jenny is a girl's name .

At the height of the Jennifer craze, many parents were cutting straight to the nickname and putting Jenny on the birth certificate. But now that Jennifer is the mom rather than the daughter, Jenny, which has been somewhat replaced by Jenna, has faded as well.

Jenny Rank in US Top 1000

# 996 in the US

Jenny Popularity

• 996 US 2017
• 1642 Nameberry 2024
• 303 Unique 2023
• 32 Norway 2023

20 Names Similar to Jenny

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• Jennifer
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Famous People Named Jenny

• Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind Swedish opera singer
• Genevieve "Jenny" Craig American weight,loss entrepreneur
• Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy American model, actress and author
• Jennifer Mary "Jenny" Shipley 36th prime minister of New Zealand
• Jennifer Diane "Jenny" Lewis American singer,songwriter of band Rilo Kiley
• Jenny Byrne Australian tennis player
• Jennifer Beth "Jenny" Thompson American Olympic swimmer
• Jennifer Jo "Jenny" Kemp American Olympic swimmer
• Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter English actress
• Jenny Nimmo English children's novelist
• Jenny Sarah Slate American actress and comedian
• Jenny Holzer American conceptual artist
• Jenny Q. Chai American,Chinese pianist
• Jenny Wolf German Olympic speed skater
• Jenny Eliscu American magazine editor and critic
• Jenny Robertson American actress
• Jean "Jenny" Thompson Canadian Olympic athlete
• Jennifer Sheila "Jenny" Uglow English biographer
• Jenny Offill American novelist
• Jenny Owen Youngs American singer,songwriter
• Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara American actress
• Jenny Saville English artist
• Jenny Lynn Shimizu American model
• Jennylyn Mercado Filipina actress
• Helen Mary "Jenny" Boyd English model; sister of model Pattie Boyd
• Jenny Boylan transgender American author, activist, and professor

Jenny in Pop Culture

• "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine " song by The Killers
• Jenny Curran Gump character in movie "Forrest Gump"
• Jenny Humphrey character on TV's 'Gossip Girl'
• Jenny Wakeman aka XJ 9, main character in animated series "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
• Jenny Greenley main character in "Teen Idol" by Meg Cabot
• Jenny Calendar character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Jenny Lee character on TV's "Call the Midwife"
• Jenny character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Jenny Matrix character in movie "Commando"
• Jenny Smith character on "Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends: Johnny Appleseed"
• Jenny Foxworth character in Disney's "Oliver & Company"
• Jenny little black cat in Esther Averill's Cat Club series
• Jenny Quantum character in DC Comics
• Jenny Pizza character on the TV show "Steven Universe"
• Jenny Taylor character in movie "Love Wrecked"
• Jenny "Fortune Cookie" Chey character in TV series "GLOW"
• Jenny Robson character in G. A. Henty's, With the Allies to Pekin
• Jenny nickname of Sorcha of Sevenwaters, character in Juliet Marillier's Daughter Of The Forest series
• Jenny Wilder character on TV's "Little House On The Prairie"
• Jenny Strang character in L.M Montgomery's Emily of New Moon series
• Jenny Dory's mother in Pixar's "Finding Dory"
• "Jenny Wren " song by Paul McCartney
• "867 5309/Jenny," song by Tommy Tutone
• Jenny mentioned in "Driver's Seat" by Stiff 'n' the Tears: "Jenny was sweet. She always smiled for the people she'd meet..."
• "Jenny " song by Nothing More
• "The Friends of Red Jenny " organization in the Dragon Age video games
• "Jenny " song by Walk The Moon