Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Jennie
/JEN · ee/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
English diminutive of Jane or Jennifer, from Hebrew Yochanan meaning 'God is gracious'; used as a standalone given name since the 19th century.
Nicknames
jen
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Soft and 19th-century - lighter than Jennifer, may revive before Jennifer does.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US in the late 19th-early 20th century and again in the 1970s-80s; now uncommon.