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I am looking for information on the name Jenna I know that it might be cornish and short for jennifer but I would like to know when it was first used but I can't find any information on that or anyone named Jenna in history
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I named my daughter Jenna Valyn and I was told that the name "Jenna" was Arabic and that it meant "little bird".
I first heard the name (back in the day...) on the tv show "Dallas" with Priscilla Presley portraying the character "Jenna Wade". That's when I fell in love with that name!
I first heard the name (back in the day...) on the tv show "Dallas" with Priscilla Presley portraying the character "Jenna Wade". That's when I fell in love with that name!
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Er, it actually goes like this
First Derivation:
Jenna -> Jenny -> Jennifer -> Guinevere -> Gwenhwyfar ("fair, smooth"/"white, smooth"
Second Derivation:
Jenna -> Jenny -> Jane -> Jehanne -> Johannes -> Ioannes -> Yochanan -> Yehochanan ("Yahweh is gracious")
Yahweh may have been based off of an old Semitic word meaning "to be" or "to become".
Miranda
First Derivation:
Jenna -> Jenny -> Jennifer -> Guinevere -> Gwenhwyfar ("fair, smooth"/"white, smooth"
Second Derivation:
Jenna -> Jenny -> Jane -> Jehanne -> Johannes -> Ioannes -> Yochanan -> Yehochanan ("Yahweh is gracious")
Yahweh may have been based off of an old Semitic word meaning "to be" or "to become".
Miranda
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Yes, correct. I skipped a few names to keep my post from being utterly boring, but I didn't think of planning it out like you did. *laughs full-heartly*
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Jenna to Gwenhwyfar
Jenna -> Jenny -> Jennifer -> Guinevere -> Gwenhwyfar
Jenny today is used as a pet form of Jennifer, hence ultimately deriving from Gwenhwyfar.
Jenny used to be a nn of Jane (a feminine form of John, of course), and still is, I suppose. But today's Jennys are much more likely to derive from Jennifer.
Though I'm still confused as to why Jessica said John meant "Yahweh", forgetting the "is gracious" part. (No offence Jessica!)
Miranda
Jenna -> Jenny -> Jennifer -> Guinevere -> Gwenhwyfar
Jenny today is used as a pet form of Jennifer, hence ultimately deriving from Gwenhwyfar.
Jenny used to be a nn of Jane (a feminine form of John, of course), and still is, I suppose. But today's Jennys are much more likely to derive from Jennifer.
Though I'm still confused as to why Jessica said John meant "Yahweh", forgetting the "is gracious" part. (No offence Jessica!)
Miranda
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Each of the names kept saying they were derived from this name and each related to another. I just kept clicking the links. Sorry for all the confusion I've created. ^_^;
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