Given name
Yeny
“one who is desired”
Yeny is a variant of Yen. One Chinese interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yeny is a variant of Yen. One Chinese interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yeny is a variant of Yen. An origin associated with Yen is Chinese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yeny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 108
- 0 boys · 108 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,612 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.