Jenny Forename
811th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,069,637 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Jenny Forename Definition:
A female name. the usual pet-name for Jane (q.v.), properly pronounced Jinny, though a spelling pronunciation is now often heard.
Jenny Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 216,947 | 1:1,671 | 343 |
| Philippines | 94% | 138,347 | 1:766 | 138 |
| Ecuador | - | 71,640 | 1:247 | 36 |
| England | 100% | 51,192 | 1:1,086 | 230 |
| Australia | - | 47,157 | 1:290 | 47 |
| Sweden | 100% | 43,166 | 1:228 | 36 |
| Colombia | 100% | 41,615 | 1:1,148 | 183 |
| Peru | 100% | 38,522 | 1:825 | 161 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 31,674 | 1:954 | 148 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 30,749 | 1:265 | 16 |
| Canada | 100% | 22,543 | 1:1,470 | 329 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 22,370 | 1:1,056 | 240 |
| Germany | 100% | 17,233 | 1:5,610 | 536 |
| Mexico | 100% | 17,216 | 1:7,211 | 728 |
| New Zealand | - | 16,438 | 1:276 | 36 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 16,311 | 1:15,815 | 2,249 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 13,487 | 1:1,253 | 268 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 12,855 | 1:825 | 207 |
| Belgium | 100% | 12,818 | 1:896 | 211 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 12,174 | 1:14,586 | 1,677 |
| Chile | 100% | 11,175 | 1:1,576 | 263 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 10,724 | 1:973 | 155 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9,748 | 1:905 | 159 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 9,138 | 1:3,332 | 355 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,946 | 1:533 | 98 |
| South Africa | 99% | 7,221 | 1:7,552 | 1,367 |
| Haiti | 100% | 6,886 | 1:1,558 | 249 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,720 | 1:4,054 | 816 |
| Zambia | - | 6,593 | 1:2,405 | 429 |
| China | - | 6,469 | 1:211,170 | 17,389 |
| Sudan | - | 5,751 | 1:6,574 | 968 |
| France | 100% | 5,680 | 1:11,703 | 699 |
| Norway | 100% | 5,375 | 1:955 | 219 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 5,199 | 1:1,158 | 224 |
| El Salvador | - | 3,901 | 1:1,626 | 259 |
| India | 100% | 3,723 | 1:326,317 | 29,618 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,384 | 1:3,360 | 662 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,365 | 1:63,666 | 4,162 |
| Ghana | - | 3,259 | 1:8,281 | 858 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,089 | 1:9,975 | 1,438 |
| Finland | 100% | 3,010 | 1:1,822 | 342 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,901 | 1:1,601 | 269 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 2,753 | 1:26,817 | 2,036 |
| Denmark | - | 2,671 | 1:2,115 | 347 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,561 | 1:2,089 | 300 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2,471 | 1:6,519 | 717 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,247 | 1:1,580 | 216 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,063 | 1:22,555 | 1,272 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 2,022 | 1:287 | 51 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,753 | 1:2,228 | 446 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,717 | 1:3,662 | 617 |
| Congo | 72% | 1,705 | 1:2,938 | 478 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,670 | 1:55,031 | 3,065 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,591 | 1:44,039 | 4,924 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,589 | 1:1,947 | 360 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,479 | 1:5,242 | 412 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,466 | 1:108,773 | 7,125 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,458 | 1:41,881 | 1,245 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,454 | 1:10,608 | 1,397 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,378 | 1:190 | 19 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,364 | 1:6,022 | 774 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,359 | 1:15,305 | 2,132 |
| Uganda | 99% | 1,339 | 1:30,588 | 2,153 |
| Gabon | - | 1,123 | 1:1,677 | 400 |
| Israel | 98% | 1,094 | 1:7,681 | 1,089 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,020 | 1:542 | 69 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 966 | 1:54,646 | 3,863 |
| Taiwan | 54% | 937 | 1:25,368 | 4,498 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 928 | 1:92 | 20 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 888 | 1:24,336 | 2,018 |
| Portugal | - | 867 | 1:12,008 | 681 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 778 | 1:2,369 | 366 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 675 | 1:2,017 | 399 |
| Greece | 100% | 649 | 1:16,848 | 884 |
| Qatar | 90% | 649 | 1:3,651 | 557 |
| Iraq | 100% | 642 | 1:54,545 | 1,821 |
| Bahrain | - | 622 | 1:2,168 | 365 |
| Cuba | - | 575 | 1:20,011 | 1,067 |
| Fiji | - | 575 | 1:1,552 | 418 |
| South Korea | - | 574 | 1:9,659 | 1,242 |
| Poland | 100% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 542 | 1:6,324 | 566 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 519 | 1:13,944 | 1,107 |
| Namibia | - | 488 | 1:4,927 | 730 |
| Russia | 95% | 486 | 1:296,777 | 3,872 |
| Austria | 100% | 420 | 1:20,272 | 903 |
| Malawi | 67% | 381 | 1:44,914 | 3,117 |
| Morocco | - | 355 | 1:96,757 | 3,231 |
| Kenya | 100% | 347 | 1:133,450 | 6,306 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 345 | 1:16,312 | 1,377 |
| Brunei | - | 339 | 1:1,238 | 118 |
| Vietnam | - | 304 | 1:304,681 | 1,600 |
| Oman | - | 290 | 1:14,168 | 1,410 |
| Argentina | 99% | 288 | 1:148,518 | 2,202 |
| Kuwait | - | 275 | 1:13,765 | 1,556 |
| Japan | - | 239 | 1:535,507 | 11,430 |
| Guyana | 100% | 230 | 1:3,319 | 641 |
| Jamaica | - | 210 | 1:13,730 | 1,363 |
| Liberia | 97% | 189 | 1:23,344 | 1,565 |
| French Polynesia | - | 184 | 1:1,510 | 353 |
| Malta | - | 176 | 1:2,440 | 432 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 161 | 1:8,061 | 1,114 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 148 | 1:626 | 139 |
| Belize | 100% | 130 | 1:2,725 | 625 |
| Guernsey | - | 130 | 1:487 | 125 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 126 | 1:2,144 | 414 |
| Botswana | - | 121 | 1:18,053 | 2,233 |
| Aruba | - | 117 | 1:887 | 174 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Guam | - | 112 | 1:1,434 | 319 |
| Bahamas | - | 110 | 1:3,631 | 643 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 108 | 1:474 | 27 |
| Estonia | 100% | 94 | 1:13,993 | 1,381 |
| Czechia | 99% | 91 | 1:117,101 | 1,232 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 89 | 1:1,751 | 430 |
| Afghanistan | 89% | 79 | 1:412,956 | 7,545 |
| Jersey | 100% | 72 | 1:1,389 | 296 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 71 | 1:692 | 153 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 67 | 1:2,900,861 | 34,399 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 62 | 1:115,355 | 8,682 |
| Grenada | 100% | 53 | 1:2,040 | 431 |
| Bermuda | - | 49 | 1:1,323 | 299 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:1,251 | 282 |
| Barbados | - | 48 | 1:6,037 | 838 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 45 | 1:19,357 | 1,267 |
| Macau | - | 45 | 1:13,516 | 291 |
| Iceland | 91% | 44 | 1:8,319 | 830 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Ethiopia | - | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Croatia | 100% | 35 | 1:120,488 | 2,705 |
| Albania | 96% | 32 | 1:95,205 | 6,759 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 32 | 1:17,627 | 1,144 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 32 | 1:5,557 | 900 |
| Greenland | - | 31 | 1:1,818 | 338 |
| Kazakhstan | 90% | 28 | 1:633,816 | 8,396 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 28 | 1:1,240 | 288 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Cape Verde | - | 24 | 1:22,048 | 1,564 |
| Turkey | 100% | 21 | 1:3,704,843 | 19,450 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Nepal | - | 19 | 1:1,499,334 | 27,110 |
| Myanmar | - | 18 | 1:2,886,015 | 1,072 |
| Monaco | 100% | 17 | 1:2,263 | 456 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Bulgaria | - | 16 | 1:436,899 | 7,325 |
| Burundi | - | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Hungary | 100% | 16 | 1:611,986 | 2,162 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Cambodia | - | 15 | 1:1,084,889 | 16,581 |
| Palestine | 100% | 14 | 1:325,004 | 2,773 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 13 | 1:189,135 | 3,748 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 12 | 1:1,531,622 | 37,504 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Senegal | 100% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Moldova | - | 9 | 1:395,682 | 2,704 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Ivory Coast | 60% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Jordan | 98% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Benin | 100% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Serbia | - | 7 | 1:1,020,817 | 6,233 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Romania | 100% | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| San Marino | 100% | 5 | 1:6,584 | 471 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,795 | 134 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Jenný (296) & Jénny (2) are calculated separately.
Jenny (15,682) may also be a surname.
Jenny Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the usual pet-name for Jane (q.v.), properly pronounced Jinny, though a spelling pronunciation is now often heard.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
An English contraction of Johanna, but now generally bestowed without reference to its original.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Jenny Forename Popularity
Jenny Demographics
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Sample size: 40,271 (2014)
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