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I'm trying to find out where my name originated and what it means. I'm an African -American female. I was told my name was Danish, but I couldn't find it..anywhere!!
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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
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
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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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