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[Facts] Re: My name
Given that in the US people are often quite creative when it comes to spelling, I went from Yencina to Jencina and finally to Jensina until finding something useful:Jensina is indeed used in Scandinavian countries like Denmark, as a Google search e.g. for "Jensina Denmark" shows. It seems to be a female form of Jens:
http://www.behindthename.com/name/jens

Rene     www.BabyNames.ch
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Sounds like a plausible theory. J is pronounced y in the Scandinavian languages so the step from Jensina (or possibly Jensine) is not so far.
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