Jenni

This article is about the name. For a 2008 album by Jenni Rivera, see Jenni (album). For other uses, see Jennie.

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Jenni is a feminine given name, sometimes a modern diminutive or short form of Jennifer. The etymology is actually that of a diminutive of Jane, however.[1]

A separate name, with the same spelling, serves as a Finnish language diminutive of Johanna.[2]

## People with the given name Jenni

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* Jenni Baird (born 1976), Australian actress
* Jenni Barber, American actress and singer
* Jenni Burke, Australian swimmer
* Jenni Calder (21st century), Scottish literary historian
* Jenni Dahlman (born 1981), Finnish model
* Jenni Dant (21st century), American basketball player
* Jenni Falconer (born 1976), Scottish television presenter
* Jenni Farley (born 1986), American television personality
* Jenni Haukio (born 1977), Finnish poet, and the wife of the current (since 2012) President of Finland
* Jenni Hucul (born 1988), Canadian bobsledder
* Jenni Irani (1923–1982), Indian cricketer
* Jenni Keenan Green (born 1970), Scottish actress
* Jenni Meno (21st century), American pair skater
* Jenni Murray (born 1950), British journalist and broadcaster
* Jenni Ogden, New Zealand neuroscientist
* Jenni Olson (born 1962), American film director
* Jenni Rivera (born 1969), Mexican American musician
* Jenni Vartiainen (born 1983), Finnish pop singer
* Jenni Vähämaa (born 1992), Finnish figure skater

## Fictional characters with the given name Jenni

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* Jenni Vainio, a fictional character in the Finnish drama series Salatut elämät

## People with the surname Jenni

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* Clarence Marvin Jenni (1896–1973), discoverer of Jennite, a calcium silicate hydrate mineral, and director of the Geological Museum at the University of Missouri
* Florian Jenni (born 1980), Swiss chess player
* Marcel Jenni (born 1974), Swiss ice hockey player
* Alexis Jenni (born 1963), French literary writer

## See also

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* Jenny (given name), includes variant spelling Jennie
* Jennifer (disambiguation)
* All pages with titles beginning with Jenni
* All pages with titles containing Jenni

## References

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1. ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Jenni". Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
2. ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Jenni". Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2008-10-25.

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