Jenni

given name · Latin script

Meaning: ) Jennie; TJenny: weibl

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈdʒɛni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jenni is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 311(measured from records)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 6.6K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 21K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈21,000 people, est.

Sources
414 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 311 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

) Jennie; TJenny: weibl. Vom.,

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jenni counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jenni is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈21,000 est.≈1 in 66K—Jenni9
FI Finland#20817,9371 in 31120KJenni86
US United States—6,6621 in 50K6.6KJenni414
AU Australia#751≈3,900 est.≈1 in 6.6K3Jenni159
GB United Kingdom—≈3,100 est.≈1 in 21K5Jenni199
SE Sweden—1,4481 in 7K1.4KJenni51
NZ New Zealand#723≈300 est.≈1 in 16K—Jenni76

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jenni is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Jênnï, Jënni

  • Spanish given name27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Colombia, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Jënnï, Jennï, Jenní, Jënni, Jënnî

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jen̲n̲i

  • French given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Finland, United Kingdom

    Also written Jénni, Jennì, Jennï, Jėnńi, Jënnī

  • Lao given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Finland

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Jennĭ, Jënnï, Jënni

  • Russian given name59 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Poland, Czechia

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Czech

    Also written Jenny, Дженни, Женни, Jeannie, Jennie

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jenni is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • English: variant spelling of JENNY , now commonly used for the sake of variety or stylishness (- i as an ending of female names being in vogue; cf. JACQUI , TONI ).

    as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Jenny Lind, b. 1820Eleanor Marx, b. 1855Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, b. 1858Jenny Agutter, b. 1952Jenny Shimizu, b. 1967Charlotte Perrelli, b. 1974Jenny Mollen, b. 1979Jenny Han, b. 1980Jenny Slate, b. 1982Jenni Hermoso, b. 1990
  • Jenny Lindb. 1820SEnot in their usual nameSwedish opera singer (1820–1887)
  • Eleanor Marxb. 1855GBnot in their usual nameEnglish writer, translator, activist, and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)
  • Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holsteinb. 1858PLnot in their usual nameGerman Empress and Queen of Prussia (1858–1921)
  • Jenny Agutterb. 1952GBnot in their usual nameBritish film and television actress (born 1952)
  • Jenny Shimizub. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican model and actress
  • Charlotte Perrellib. 1974SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer
  • Jenny Mollenb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Jenny Hanb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer (born 1980)
  • Jenny Slateb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and comedian (born 1982)
  • Jenni Hermosob. 1990ESSpanish footballer (born 1990)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Jenni,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 64 sources across 28 countries.

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Jenni come from?
) Jennie; TJenny: weibl. Vom., Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
What are other forms of the name Jenni?
In the etymology graph, Jennifer, Janet and Janice are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jane and Johanna.
How do you pronounce Jenni?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒɛni/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Jenni mean?
Recorded meaning: ) Jennie; TJenny: weibl.
Is Jenni a male or female name?
Jenni is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jenni have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Jenni in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jenni.
Where is Jenni most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jenni is densest in Finland — about 1 in 311 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jenni?
In Finland, the national register counted 17,937 people named Jenni, about 1 in 311 residents.
How common is Jenni compared with other names?
In Finland, Jenni is the 208th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jenni” — the 208th most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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