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Jenny

Pronunciation / ̍ dʒ ɛ n i /

Gender Female

Other names

Related names Jane, Jennifer, Genevieve, Jen, Jenna

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Jenny was originally the diminutive form of Jane [1]  but is now associated with Jennifer [2]  and Genevieve.[citation needed]

It may also be spelled Jenni or Jennie, which was the most common spelling before the 20th century.[3]

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1 Famous peopleo 1.1 Fictional characters

2 See also 3 References

Famous people[edit]

Jenny Agutter  (born 1952), English actress Jennifer Aniston  (born 1969), American actress Jenni Asserholt  (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player Jenni Baird  (born 1976), Australian actress Jenny Berggren  (born 1972), Swedish singer Jennie Bimson  (born 1976), English field hockey player Jennie Bond  (born 1950), English journalist and BBC royal correspondent Jenny Buckley , Irish television presenter Jennie Breeden , American comic book artist Jenni Calder , Scottish literary historian Jennie Churchill  (born 1854), American-born English wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and

mother of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Jenny Craig  (born 1932), American weight loss guru, founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Jenni Dahlman  (born 1981), Finnish model Jenni Dant  (born 1982), American basketball player Jenni Engebretsen , American spokesperson Jenni Falconer  (born 1976), Scottish television presenter Jenny Frost  (born 1978), British singer and television presenter Jenny Gal  (born 1969), Dutch-Italian judoka Jennie Garth  (born 1972), American actress Jenni Keenan Green  (born 1970), Scottish actress Jennifer Grey  (born 1960), American actress Jenni Trent Hughes , British relationships expert and television presenter Jenni Hucul  (born 1988), Canadian bobsledder Jenni Irani  (1923–1982), Indian cricketer Jenny Karezi  (1932–1992), Greek film and stage actress Jenny Lewis , (born 1976), American singer, lead singer of indie rock band Rilo Kiley Jenny Lind , (1820–1887), Swedish soprano Jennifer Lopez  (born 1969), American singer and actress Jenny McCarthy  (born 1972), American model and comedian Jenny McCudden , Irish journalist Jenni Meno  (born 1970), American skater Jenni Murray  (born 1950), British journalist and broadcaster Jenny Nimmo  (born 1944), British fantasy author Jenni Olson  (born 1962), American film director Jenny Pavley  (born 1976), American beach volleyball player Jenny Powell  (born 1968), British television presenter Jenni Rivera  (born 1969), Mexican-American musician Jennifer Serrano , Spanish singer better known as Jenny Jenny Shepherd  (born 1972), New Zealand field hockey player Jenny Sjödin , Swedish professional wrestler and submission grappler Jenny von Westphalen  (1814–1881), German woman, wife of Karl Marx Jenny Whittle  (born 1973), Australian basketball player Jenny Wolf  (born 1979), German ice speed skater Jenni Vähämaa  (born 1992), Finnish figure skater

Fictional characters[edit]

Jenny (Doctor Who)  in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" Jenny Curran, love interest of the protagonist in the film Forrest Gump Jenny Everywhere , open-source comic character Jenny Humphrey  in Gossip Girl and It Girl Jenny Kelly, best friend of Sabrina the Teenage Witch during season 1 Jenny Shepard  in television series NCIS Jenni Vainio  in the Finnish drama series Salatut elämät Jenny Wolek  in One Life to Live Jenny Wakeman, a.k.a. XJ9, in the Nickelodeon cartoon My Life as a Teenage Robot First Mate Jenny, Aldebaran pilot of the Righteous Indignation in the 1980s comic (and later

cartoon) series Bucky O'Hare Jenny, main female character in Larry Clark's film Kids Jenny Szalinski, a character from Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

Officer Jenny, the names of the many police officers in Pokemon. Jenny Reilly, in The Black Donnellys. Jenny Healy, a character from Double Trouble novel series. Jenny, a character from the short story Don't Look At It! Don't Touch It!

See also[edit]

Jenny (disambiguation) , other meanings

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ Withycombe, E. G. (1970). The Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names (third ed.). Omega Books.

2. Jump up^ "Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Jenny". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2 December 2010.

3. Jump up^ "Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Jennie". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2 December 2010.

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