Jenni
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ) Jennie; TJenny: weibl
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 28 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/ˈjenːi/(recorded in a dictionary) Finnish · from Wiktionary
Jenni is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 311(measured from records)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 6.6K
- SESweden1 in 7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 414 (measured from records)
- 1 in 311 (inferred from the name graph)
17,937 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)) Jennie; TJenny: weibl. Vom.,
Cited for this meaning 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #208 | 17,937 | 1 in 311 | 20K | Jenni | 86 |
| US United States | — | 6,662 | 1 in 50K | 6.6K | Jenni | 414 |
| AU Australia | #751 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 6.6K | 3 | Jenni | 159 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 5 | Jenni | 199 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,448 | 1 in 7K | 1.4K | Jenni | 51 |
| NZ New Zealand | #723 | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Jenni | 76 |
17,937 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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 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)- 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)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)64 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20K | #125 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 18K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 6.6K | #3,227 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1.4K | #1,322 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 977 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 26 | #3,227 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2007 | 5 | #301 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2016 | 3 | #798 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1986 | 3 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2015 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2015 | 1 | — |
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
- 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.
- Where does the name Jenni come from?
- ) Jennie; TJenny: weibl. Vom., Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- How do you pronounce Jenni?
- In Finnish /ˈjenːi/ (Wiktionary).
- Is Jenni a male or female name?
- Jenni is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Norway (SSB) and Denmark (Danmarks Statistik), among others.
- What does the name Jenni mean?
- Recorded meaning: ) Jennie; TJenny: weibl.
- In which country does Jenni have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Jenni, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jenni.
- Where is Jenni most common?
- Jenni is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 311 people carrying 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.
What do you want to know about Jenni?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jenniThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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 2026-10-13.