Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female given name. · A surname.
From Jen + -y, historically as a hypocoristic form of Janet, Jane, etc. but now more often used as a diminutive of Jennifer. Rarely also a nickname of Genevieve (compare Genny, pronounced the same), Eugenia or Virginia (compare Ginny). Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in derivations from Jane etc. In senses related to inanimate objects, partially derived from the generic senses of Jane and partially an informal pronunciation of engine.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Doublet mentionIvankaen
- Doublet mentionJanen
- Doublet mentionJanelleen
- Doublet mentionJaneten
- Doublet mentionJaneyen
- Doublet mentionJanineen
- Doublet mentionJeanetteen
- Doublet mentionJeanieen
- Doublet mentionJeannetteen
- Doublet mentionJeannineen
- Doublet mentionJenen
- Doublet mentionJennaen
- Doublet mentionJessieen
- Doublet mentionJoen
- Doublet mentionJodyen
- Doublet mentionJuanitaen
- Doublet mentionShanaeen
- Doublet mentionSineaden
- Doublet mentionVannaen
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