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Jenni


Jenni is a feminine given name, sometimes a modern diminutive or short form of Jennifer. The etymology is actually that of a diminutive of Jane, however.

A separate name, with the same spelling, serves as a Finnish language diminutive of Johanna.

People with the given name Jenni

  • Jenni Baird (born 1976), Australian actress
  • Jenni Barber, American actress and singer
  • Jenni Burke, Australian swimmer
  • Jenni Calder (21st century), Scottish literary historian
  • Jenni Dahlman (born 1981), Finnish model
  • Jenni Dant (born 1982), American basketball player
  • Jenni Falconer (born 1976), Scottish television presenter
  • Jenni Farley (born 1986), American television personality
  • Jenni Haukio (born 1977), Finnish poet, and the wife of the current (since 2012) President of Finland
  • Jenni Hucul (born 1988), Canadian bobsledder
  • Jenni Irani (1923–1982), Indian cricketer
  • Jenni Keenan Green (born 1970), Scottish actress
  • Jenni Meno (21st century), American pair skater
  • Jenni Murray (born 1950), British journalist and broadcaster
  • Jenni Ogden, New Zealand neuroscientist
  • Jenni Olson (born 1962), American film director
  • Jenni Rivera (born 1969), Mexican American musician
  • Jenni Vartiainen (born 1983), Finnish pop singer
  • Jenni Vähämaa (born 1992), Finnish figure skater

Fictional characters with the given name Jenni

  • Jenni Vainio, a fictional character in the Finnish drama series Salatut elämät

People with the surname Jenni

  • Clarence Marvin Jenni (1896–1973), discoverer of Jennite, a calcium silicate hydrate mineral, and director of the Geological Museum at the University of Missouri
  • Florian Jenni (born 1980), Swiss chess player
  • Marcel Jenni (born 1974), Swiss ice hockey player
  • Alexis Jenni (born 1963), French literary writer

References

References

  1. "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Jenni". Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names.
  2. "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Jenni". Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names.
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