Jena is a female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
of
Arabic origin, meaning ''small bird''.
[Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. ]
Famous people
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Jena Friedman
Jena Friedman is an American comedian and writer. She is the host of the comedic true-crime series ''Indefensible'' on ''AMC Plus''. She has been a field producer at ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' and has written for ''Late Show with David ...
(born 1983), American comedian
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Jena Irene, American singer
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Jena Lee
Sylvia Elva Garcia (born 29 June 1987 in Chile), more commonly known under the stage name as Jena Lee, is a French singer, songwriter, and composer.
Biography
Born in Chile, Sylvia Elva Garcia was adopted by a French family at the age of nine m ...
(born Sylvia Garcia, 1987, in Chile), French singer
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Jena Malone (born 1984), American actress
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Jena Osman
Jena Osman is an American poet and editor, who graduated from Brown University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a Ph.D. She teaches at Temple University. Osman's work has appeared in ''American Letters & Commentary'', ''C ...
, American poet and editor
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Jena Sims
Jena Michelle Sims (born December 30, 1988) is an American actress who has appeared in made-for-TV films and B movies like ''Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader'' (2012), ''3-Headed Shark Attack'' (2015) and '' Sharknado 5: Global Swarming'' (2017) ...
(born 1988), American beauty queen
Fictional characters
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Jena Makharov
''Nikolai Dante'' was a comic book series published in the weekly British science fiction anthology '' 2000 AD'' from March 1997 through July 2012.
History
''Nikolai Dante'' was created by writer Robbie Morrison and artist Simon Fraser. The l ...
in comic series ''Nikolai Dante''
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Jena Pyre
The Phoenix Force is a fictional entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, the Phoenix Force is famous for its central role in ''The Dark Phoenix Saga'' storyline, and is fre ...
, host of the Phoenix Force in Marvel Comics
See also
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Jena (disambiguation) Jena is a German city, the second largest city in Thuringia, Germany.
Jena may also refer to:
Places
*Jena, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Jena, Florida, an unincorporated community
*Jena, Louisiana, a town in the United States; named for ...
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Jenna
Jenna is a female given name. In the English-speaking world it is a variation of Jenny, which is itself a diminutive of Jane, Janet, Jennifer and is often used as a name in its own right.Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Pre ...
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Jenny (given name)
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Jen
References
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Arabic-language feminine given names
Feminine given names