Given name
Jenara
“one who is fair; a beautiful girl”
Jenara is a variant of Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jenara is a variant of Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jenara is a variant of Jennifer. An origin associated with Jennifer is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jenara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1975.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jenara’s family of names
Jenara has a related form in Jennifer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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