Jennifer
What do you think of Jennifer?
I know it was crazy popular, but if it hadn't been, do you think you'd like it?
It actually does have quite an unusual sound with the -fer ending, but I find it to be quite soft and pretty.
Do you like the nickname Jenny or Jennie?
I personally like Jennifer, don't mind Jenny and Jennie. However I really dislike the bland Jen which is what most Jennifers seem to be called.
Actually I hardly ever hear the full name as most Jennifers are just Jen all of the time.
I know it was crazy popular, but if it hadn't been, do you think you'd like it?
It actually does have quite an unusual sound with the -fer ending, but I find it to be quite soft and pretty.
Do you like the nickname Jenny or Jennie?
I personally like Jennifer, don't mind Jenny and Jennie. However I really dislike the bland Jen which is what most Jennifers seem to be called.
Actually I hardly ever hear the full name as most Jennifers are just Jen all of the time.
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I've never liked the "fer" ending. And its popularity got to the point that when I received a birth announcement in 1984 from friends announcing that the name was Jennifer, I rolled my eyes and thought, "Couldn't they do better than that?"
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I really like it, I would even consider using it. I think the nn Jenny is very sweet.
My stepdaughter is Jennifer. When I met her she went by Jenny, which is what the family called her growing up. At some point through counseling she changed to Jennifer as a way to shed childhood things and "grow up."
I like both Jennifer and Jenny, although I'm fond of the spelling Jennie.
I had a roommate in college named Jennifer. At that time Jennifer was being used for newborns like crazy but you never met a grown-up Jennifer. Her middle name was Elizabeth, and I remember commenting to her that she had long names.
I like both Jennifer and Jenny, although I'm fond of the spelling Jennie.
I had a roommate in college named Jennifer. At that time Jennifer was being used for newborns like crazy but you never met a grown-up Jennifer. Her middle name was Elizabeth, and I remember commenting to her that she had long names.
It’s hard to separate my feelings from its suffocating popularity, but I still don’t think I would like it. There are other, similar names that I don’t care for, and I almost always prefer the version of a name with the most historical context.
If it hadn't been nauseatingly popular, I would have found it sprightly and charming. However, it grates on me in reality.
I have a cousin named Jennifer, she is usually just Jennifer. I have never liked the name, the fer ending is unattractive and it has the same bland, not-quite-placeholder feel as Sarah or Amy.
Jennie/Jenny is cute enough.
Jennie/Jenny is cute enough.
It's OK. I do think I'd like it more if it hadn't been so overly popular. Nothing kills the appeal of a name more surely than overuse.
I like it. I know it’s been crazy popular in the English speaking world but I don’t mind that.
I like it