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Jenny
Jenny: Popularity
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200th+ most popular girls name in the UK
Unrecorded number of
births in 2008
User rating:
( 3.77 from 31 votes )
Additional information about the name Jenny:
Jenny came about as a pet form of the feminine name Jennifer. Jennifer is ultimately Welsh in origin, and was the Cornish version of the Welsh name Guenevere which means ‘Fair Ghost’. It was the name of the wife of King Arthur and became popular at the time, but it was most popular in the 60’s. Jenny is now a very popular pet form and a name in its own right.
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