Given name & surname
Jenning
“a descendant of John”
Jenning is a variant of Jennings. One English interpretation is “a descendant of John.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jenning is a variant of Jennings. One English interpretation is “a descendant of John.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jenning is a variant of Jennings. An origin associated with Jennings is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Jenning as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Jan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jenning through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 331 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.
Jenning’s family of names
In English usage, Jenning as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Jan. Jenning has a related form in Jennings. In English usage, Jenning as a surname has a related form in John.
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 Jenning
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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