Jenny was originally the
diminutive
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form of
Jane
Jane may refer to:
* Jane (given name), a feminine given name
* Jane (surname), related to the given name
Film and television
* ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd
* ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...
,
but it is now associated with
Jennifer
Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to:
People
*Jennifer (given name)
* Jenifer (singer), French pop singer
* Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer
* Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
* Daniel Jenifer
Film and tele ...
.
It may also be spelled Jennie, which was the most common spelling before the 20th century.
People with the given name
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Jenny Agutter
Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is a British actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in ''East of Sudan'', '' Star!'', and two adaptations of ''The Railway Children''—the BBC's 1968 television serial ...
(born 1952), English actress
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Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (30 May 1922 – 4 July 1946) was a German overseer in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. She was tried and executed for crimes against humanity after the war.
Biography
Barkmann is believed to have spent her c ...
(c. 1922–1946), German concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
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Jenny Beavan
Jenny Beavan, OBE (born 1950) is an English costume designer. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design eleven times, winning three awards for the movies ''A Room With A View'' (1985) (for which she shared an award w ...
(born 1950), English costume designer
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Jenny Berggren
Jenny Cecilia Petrén, (née Berggren; born 19 May 1972), professionally known as Jenny Berggren and Jenny from Ace of Base is a Swedish mezzo-soprano singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base. Since 1995, she has also be ...
(born 1972), Swedish singer
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Jenny Berrigan (born 1983), American snowboarder
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(born 1923), Swedish crime novelist and children's writer
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Jennie Bimson
Jennie "Bimmo" Bimson (born 13 October 1976 in Wordsley, West Midlands) is a retired English field hockey player. A former member of the England and Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwes ...
(born 1976), English field hockey player
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Jennie M. Bingham (1859-1933), American writer
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Jenny Body
Jennifer Mary Body is a British aerospace engineer, the former President of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Early life and education
Body, whose father was an aerospace engineer, was the only girl in her physics class at high school in Bri ...
, British aerospace engineer
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Jennie Bond
Jennifer Bond (born 19 August 1950) is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has most recently hosted ''Cash in the Attic'' and narrated the programme ''Great Britis ...
(born 1950), English journalist
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Jenny Buckley
Jenny Buckley (born 1979) is an Irish actress and television presenter, who is currently the main weather presenter on UTV Ireland, a position she has held since the channel's launch in January 2015. She also presents the channel's entertainment ...
(born 1979), Irish television presenter
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Jenny Campbell (artist) (1895–1970), New Zealand artist
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Jennie Carignan, Canadian general
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Jennie Casseday
Jennie Casseday (June 9, 1840 – February 8, 1893) was a 19th-century American philanthropist, social reformer, school founder, and letter writer. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1840, her girlhood passed amid the surroundings of a wealthy Christ ...
(1840–1893), American philanthropist
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Jennie Chen (1906–1971), second wife of Chiang Kai-shek
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Jennie Churchill (1854–1921), British-American socialite
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Jennie Thornley Clarke (1860-1924), American educator, writer, and anthologist
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Jennie Collins (1828–1887), American labor reformer, humanitarian, and suffragist
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Jennie Maria Drinkwater Conklin (1841–1900), American author and social activist
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Jenny Craig (entrepreneur) (born 1932), American weight-loss guru
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Jenny Crain (born 1968), American long-distance runner
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Jenny Diver (née Mary Young, c.1700–1741), British pickpocket,
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Jenny Frost (born 1978), British singer and television presenter
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Jenny Gal (born 1969), Dutch-Italian judoka
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Jennie Garth (born 1972), American actress
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Jenny Gusyk (1897–1944), Turkish-Jewish woman enrolled as the first female and foreign student at the
University of Cologne
*
Jennie Hallam-Peel, British debutante and lawyer, chairwoman of the
Queen Charlotte's Ball
*
Jenny Han (born 1980), Korean-American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction
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Jenny Hiloudaki, Greek model and TV personality
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Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval (born 11 July 1980) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and novelist. She has released eight solo albums, two under the alias Rockettothesky and six under her own name.
In 2015, Hval released her fifth studio ...
, Norwegian musician, writer, filmmaker, and artist
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Jenny Karezi
Tzeni Karezi ( el, Τζένη Καρέζη, 12 January 1932 – 26 July 1992); also known as Jenny Karezi, was a Greek film and stage actress.
Biography Early life
Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father and ...
(1932–1992), Greek film and stage actress
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Jenny (Jane) Kenney (1884–1961), British suffragette and Montessori teacher
*
Jennie Kim (born 1996), South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, model and member of
Blackpink
* Jenny Lee (born 1996), South Korean singer and member of
DIA
*
Jenny Lewis, (born 1976), American singer
* Jenny Likens (1950–2004), American child abuse witness, sister of
Sylvia Likens
Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. This abuse in ...
*
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (6 October 18202 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and a ...
, (1820–1887), Swedish soprano
*
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...
(born 1969), American singer and actress
*
Jenny Marcroft (born 1963) New Zealand politician
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Jenny Mastoraki, Greek poet and translator
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Jenny McCarthy (born 1972), American model, comedian, actress, author and screenwriter
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Jenny McCudden
Jenny McCudden is an Irish journalist, newspaper editor, author and television producer. Having started her career in print journalism, she moved into broadcasting, working on both radio and television. Her credits include presenting news report ...
, Irish journalist
*
Jenny B. Merrill
Jenny B. Merrill (September 4, 1854 – February 19, 1934) was an American early childhood educator and author. The first articles published in the U.S. regarding Montessori education were written by Merrill.
Biography
Jane Beggs Merrill was born ...
(1854–1934), American educator, author
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Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier
Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier (1841 – August 6, 1915) was an American physician. At the age of nineteen, she began to teach, becoming an instructor in languages and literature in Hillsdale College. Returning to New York City in 1872, she married ...
(1841–1915), American physician
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Jenny Nimmo (born 1944), British fantasy author
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Jenny Ohlsson, Swedish ambassador
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Jenny Park (born 1984 as Park Bom), Korean singer, model, and former member of
2NE1
2NE1 (, ) was a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, which was active between 2009 and 2016. The group was composed of four members: Bom, CL, Dara, and Minzy. Known for breaking typical stereotypes of K-pop, musical experiment ...
*
Jenny Pat
Jenny Pat (August 8, 1981 – December 29, 2014) was a Hong Kong-born, Chinese-Canadian international art dealer, visual artist, and television personality known for her work on the Discovery Channel series, '' Dealers''.
Personal life and care ...
(1981–2014), Hong Kong-born, Chinese-Canadian international art dealer, visual artist, and television personality
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Jenny Pavley
Jenny Pavley (born June 17, 1976, in Agoura Hills, California) is a beach volleyball player from the United States. She won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, part ...
(born 1976), American beach volleyball player
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Jenny Pike
Jenny Pike (; July 23, 1922 – April 19, 2004) was a Canadian photographer and servicewoman. She worked in London during WWII, and was the only female photographer to help develop the first photos of the D-Day landings. After the war, she worked ...
(1922–2004), Canadian photographer and servicewoman
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Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell (born 8 April 1968) is an English television and radio presenter. After appearing on '' No Limits'', she went on to present series such as ''Wheel of Fortune'', '' UP2U'', ''Gimme 5'', '' Live Talk'', ''Wordplay'' and '' Daybreak'' ...
(born 1968), British television presenter
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Jenny Shepherd
Jenny Ellen Shepherd (born 12 April 1972 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is a retired female field hockey player from New Zealand. She was a member of the Women's National Team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', that won the bronze medal at the 1998 ...
(born 1972), New Zealand field hockey player
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Jenny Sjödin (born 1985), Swedish professional wrestler and submission grappler
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Jenny Slate (born 1982), American comedian, actress, voice actress and author
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Jennie Somogyi, American retired ballet dancer, former New York City Ballet principal dancer
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Jennie O. Starkey
Jennie O. Starkey (ca. 1856 – October 21, 1918) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, the first woman in Detroit to adopt journalism as a profession. As a staff member of the ''Detroit Free Press'', she managed "The Puzzler" department ...
(ca. 1856 – 1918), American journalist
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Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, (born 1941), British politician
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Jenny Vanou, Greek singer
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Jenny von Westphalen (1814–1881), German political activist, theater critic, wife of Karl Marx
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Jenny Whittle (born 1973), Australian basketball player
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Jenny Wolf (born 1979), German speed skater
Fictional characters
* Jenny, a character in the 1984 American musical comedy movie ''
The Muppets Take Manhattan''
* Jenny, a character in the 2001 American independent comedy-drama movie ''
Little Secrets''
*
Jenny (Doctor Who), in the 2008 ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Doctor's Daughter"
* Jenny, a North American Wild Kratts Kid from the hybrid live action/animated series ''
Wild Kratts''
*
Jenny Flint, part of a trio who occasionally helps the Doctor in ''Doctor Who''
* Jenny in the ''
Wayside School'' books and
cartoon
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* Jenny, the main female character in Larry Clark's film ''
Kids''
* Jenny Ballinger, a character in the TV sitcom ''
The Ropers''
*
Jenny Bradley, a character in the British soap opera ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
''
* Jenny Cavalleri, female protagonist in ''
Love Story Love Story or A Love Story may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Genres
* Romance (love)
** Romance film
** Romance novel
Films
* ''Love Story'' (1925 film), German silent film
* ''Love Story'' (1942 film), Italian drama film
* ''Love ...
''
* Jenny Curran, love interest of the protagonist in the film ''
Forrest Gump
''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and ...
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*
Jenny Everywhere, open-source comic character
* Jenny Foxworth in the film ''
Oliver & Company''
* Jenny Hayden, a character in the 1984 American science fiction romance movie ''
Starman''
*
Jenny Humphrey in ''Gossip Girl'' and ''It Girl''
* Jenny Kelly, best
friend of ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' during season 1
* Jenny Lerner, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie ''
Deep Impact''
* Jenny McBride, a mouse from ''
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue''
* Jenny Pizza in ''
Steven Universe''
* Jenny Reilly in ''
The Black Donnellys''
* Jenny Romano, a character from ''
The Darkness (video game)''
*
Jenny Schecter, a main character from ''
The L Word''
*
Jenny Shepard
'' NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series was ...
in the television series ''
NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to:
Law enforcement
* National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
''
* Jenny Scott in the 1991 thriller ''
Shattered''
* Jenny Skoutari, the protagonist in the film ''
Jenny Jenny
''Jenny Jenny'' ( el, Τζένη Τζένη) is a 1966 Greek comedy film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos.
Cast
* Tzeni Karezi - ''Jenny Skoutari''
* Dionysis Papagiannopoulos - ''Kosmas Skoutaris''
* Andreas Barkoulis - ''Nikos Mantas''
* Mary ...
'' by
Dinos Dimopoulos
*
Jenny Sparks
Jenny Sparks is a fictional character, a superhero in the Wildstorm comic book universe created by Warren Ellis during his 1997 revamp of the dwindling ''Stormwatch (comics), Stormwatch'' series. Her first appearance was in issue #37 (Ellis' starti ...
and
Jenny Quantum in ''
The Authority'' comic books
* Jenny Szalinski in ''
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves''
* Jenny Wakeman in the Nickelodeon cartoon ''
My Life as a Teenage Robot''
*
Jenny Wolek
Jenny Wolek is a fictional character from the American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. The distant cousin of original characters Larry Wolek, Larry, Anna Wolek, Anna, and Vince Wolek, Jenny debuted June 1975, appearing continually until May 1986.
...
in the soap opera ''One Life to Live''
* Jenny The Witch in the film ''
Big Fish'' (2003) and the novel ''
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions'' (1998)
* Jenny Woodentop, a character from the 1950s puppet series ''
The Woodentops''
* First Mate Jenny, Aldebaran pilot of the ''Righteous Indignation'' in the 1980s comic (and later cartoon) series ''
Bucky O'Hare''
* Low-Dive Jenny/Ginny Jenny in ''
The Threepenny Opera'', based on Jenny Diver
* Officer Jenny, the name of the many police officers in ''
Pokémon
(an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise.
In terms of ...
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References
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English feminine given names