Given name & surname
Jenn
“one who is fair; a beautiful girl”
Jenn is a variant of Jennifer. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is fair; a beautiful girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jenn 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
Jenn is a variant of Jennifer. An origin associated with Jennifer is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Jenn is a diminutive of Jennifer.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jenn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 7 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,695 as a first name in 2020; 263 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jenn’s family of names
In English usage, Jenn is a diminutive of Jennifer. In English usage, Jenn as a surname has a related form in John. Jenn has a related form in Jennifer.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jenn
- Jenn SuhrAmerican pole vaulterborn 1982
- Jenn MurrayBritish actressborn 1986
- Jenn ProskeCanadian-American actressborn 1987
- Jenn Morrisfield hockey playerborn 1972
- Jenn WakefieldCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Jenn BosticAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1986
- Jenn GardinerCanadian ice hockey playerborn 2001
- Jenn Lyonactressborn 1980
- Jenn McAllisterAmerican YouTuber and actress (born 1896)born 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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