Jenny (given name)
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| Jenny | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɛni/ |
| 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]
Famous people
- 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
- Jenny Diver (1700-1741), a notorious British pickpocket who inspired the character in The Beggar's Opera
- 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 Likens Wade (1950 - 2004), American; younger sister and witness of child abuse and murder victim Sylvia Likens
- 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
- Jenny in the 2008 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 Flint, part of a trio (the Paternoster Gang) that occasionally helps the Doctor in Doctor Who
- 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 The Witch, a character in the 2003 film Big Fish and the 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions
- Jenny Wolek in One Life to Live
- Jenny Cavalleri, female protagonist in Love Story (1970 film)
- 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 Pokémon.
- 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!
- Low-Dive Jenny / Ginny Jenny, a character in The Threepenny Opera
- Jenny, a character from the Wayside School books and cartoon.
See also
- Jenny (disambiguation), other meanings
References
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