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Jen¹

  • /d͡ʒɛn/

Sounds like Gen, gen, Jenn

Where it comes from

Usually a clipped or hypocoristic form of Jennifer, although also used for Jean, Jeanette, Jeannette, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in these secondary derivations.

proper noun

  1. A female given name. The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.
  2. Middle English masculine personal name, a short form of Old French Jehan

Jen²

Where it comes from

From the atonal and diacriticless Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 妊 (Rèn), an ancient surname also used as an adjective meaning "pregnant". Doublet of Ren.

proper noun Jên

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jeanne, jane, rudy, lim, hua, hsiao, hsi, yim, jin, yan, incheon, wo, yam, cook, tun, just

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"Jen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Jen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jen

Chicago

"Jen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jen.

BibTeX
@misc{jen_2026,
  title = {Jen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}