Jennie

Jennie sounds friendly and sweet. It works as both a nickname and a full name.

My English name (more so a nickname than anything else since it's not my birth name because I'm Asian) is Jennie. I've been called that ever since I was little and had gone to use it as I got older (I would go by the name of Jennie and would present myself as such to people). Though I've never given too much thought about the pronunciation before, I've come to realize in my twenties that people often mistake it for "Jeanie", "Jeannie", "Genie" when it's in fact J-e-n-n-i-e. I assume it's because of the -ie ending that throws people off, so they would quickly read or pronounce it as "Jeannie" without a second glance. Even my mom and several of my family members mispronounce it as if it was "Jeannie" (though, the name 'Jennie' originated from my aunt; she's the one who came up with it, including the -ie spelling so I guess my relatives including my mom just followed suit). But I still like the name, even though many people mispronounce it. I like the name 'Jennie' since it's fairly rare in terms of the spelling (no one spells it like that anymore - that is, we often see the -y spelling: Jenny) and it's unique nowadays AND it's in fact the original spelling. Spelling of the English language shifted and I guess the spelling of the name changed too. Or it could be that too many people were often mistaking 'Jennie' for 'Jeannie' so they changed the spelling to avoid any more confusion since it was getting tiresome to always correct people. So to distinguish between the two names: Jennie (or Jenny) and Jeannie and that's I guess how people started to pick up on spelling it with a -y instead of -ie that we see much more nowadays, making it the modern, more common spelling. After all of this, I love the name 'Jennie' and embrace it!

It's ugly and boring, I prefer Jenny.

Very boring and dated!

The history is interesting. I didn't know it used to be more popular than Jenny.

I didn’t like this name before, but ever since I heard of the association with Jennie Kim I’ve liked it quite a lot. :-)

I prefer this spelling over Jenny. I also like the association with Jennie Kim.

I’m a Jennie. Just Jennie. I was named after my great-aunt. I always joke by saying my family was just too poor to give me the whole name “Jennifer”.

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Growing up, people mispronouncing my name was a common occurrence. I guess the “ie” threw them off, so during roll call I would sometimes be called Genie, Jeanne, and even Jimmy. I started going by Jen when I entered high school. Other than the annoyance of mispronunciations, the name just started to feel childish and cutesy, and ‘Jen’ was a more mature and better fit for me.

I like this as a nickname for Jennifer, though I think if someone wants to spice it up, they could go with Jenner and call them Jennie if they really wanted to think of something different, like instead of Maximilian you could go for Maxwell.

My name is Jennifer. Most of my life I've gone by Jennie and I spell it J e n n i e. I do get annoyed when someone asked me my name and they automatically spell it Jenny without checking with me or they question me and ask me but it's really Jennifer isn't it. My husband's great grandmother was born in the late 1800 and her name was spelled Jennie. Lastly people constantly call me Jeannie, like Genie in a bottle. It makes no sense to me at all because there's a distinct difference in the sound of the name Genie and Jennie but somehow that happens and I just wish people would make the effort to pay more attention because I always try to pronounce and spell everyone else's name correctly.

Jennie is such a cute name. As a full name and a nickname, it just looks better than Jenny. It's technically also the original spelling. Despite the fact that it ends in -ie, I think it would suit either a baby, a child, an adult, and an older woman very well as full name. As a nickname, I think Jennifer is a little dated but for Genevieve I like it a lot, since Gennie/Genny looks like it would be pronounced differently. The only problem would be the spelling, unfortunately a lot of people would probably think its spelled Jenny and short for Jennifer.

Jennie is such an adorable name. It's a lot prettier and less common than Jenny, which is usually a nickname for Jennifer anyways. I personally like Jennie as a name on its own, as that's its original usage. For some reason Jennifer never really sounded like a name to me, but I adore Jennie!

I prefer this over Jenny, but it's too short for a real name. Cute nickname though.

My great-great-grandmother's name was Jennie. I'm not sure if Jennie was short for Jane or Jennifer, but either way I guess it's cute. I still prefer Jen or Jenna as nicknames for Jennifer, though.

When my sister Jennifer (who is in her mid-20's) was elementary age she chose to spell her name this way. Probably because you don't see it nearly as often.

I like the unique way of spelling Jennie. The other way is nice too, but I always like names that are unique. I know a Jennie that is bold, sporty, and fun to be around, and it fits her very nicely!