I love this. It could be used for boys or girls. It's works good for all ages.
― Anonymous User 7/13/2015
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I know that this name is really unisex, but I actually think of it as the masculine spelling due to a (female) Russian cousin of mine who spells it as Jhenya but once knew a Russian boy with the same name who spelt it as Zhenya. (The two names were pronounced the same, incidentally.)Anyway, regarding the name itself - I like the way this name sounds, and it's interesting because, even though it's a diminutive, it sounds (to my American ears) like it could actually be the full form of a name in its own right. Although, if it WERE used as a full name, it would sound odd for a male to have the name as such. It makes complete sense if used the correct Russian way, though.