Given name
Jenaro
“born of Janus”
Jenaro is a form of Gennaro. One Italian interpretation is “born of Janus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jenaro is a form of Gennaro. One Italian interpretation is “born of Janus.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jenaro is a variant of Janus. An origin associated with Janus is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Jenaro is used as a form of Gennaro.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jenaro is a variant of Janus. The history of Janus gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Janus is associated with the god of gateways and beginnings.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jenaro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 684
- 684 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,543 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,543 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,002 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jenaro’s family of names
Jenaro shares a linguistic root with Gennaro. Jenaro has a related form in Janus. Jenaro is a form of Gennaro.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jenaro
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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