Jen

Jen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jen"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Homophones: Gen, gen, Jenn

Etymology 1

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

Jen

  1. A female given name.
    • 2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 16 August 2021:
      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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Jen

  1. A surname from Chinese.
Alternative forms
  • Jên