What does Jenny mean?

Definitions for Jenny
ˈdʒɛn ijen·ny

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Jenny.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Jenny, William Le Baron Jennynoun

    United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)

  2. jennet, jenny, jenny assnoun

    female donkey

Wiktionary

  1. jennynoun

    A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).

  2. jennynoun

    A female creature of certain kinds, such as wren and donkey.

  3. Jennynoun

    A Wren (member of the WRNS)

  4. Jennynoun

    A diminutive of the female given names Jane and Jennifer, also used as a formal given name.

Wikipedia

  1. Jenny

    The Saga Of Jenny is a popular song written for the 1941 Broadway musical Lady in the Dark, with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, considered now as a standard blues. The music is marked "Allegretto quasi andantino"; Gershwin describes it as "a sort of blues bordello". It was premiered by Gertrude Lawrence in the role of Liza Elliott, the editor of a fashion magazine. In the context of the show, the song comes in a dream sequence in which Elliott defends her indecision about marriage by telling the tale of "a girl named Jenny/Whose virtues were varied and many—/Excepting that she was inclined/Always to make up her mind", until she "kicked the bucket at 76." Jenny's decisive nature is blamed for multiple disasters, including forcing the necessity of the United States' Good Neighbor Policy. The moral of the song is "don't make up your mind." It followed the Danny Kaye song "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)", and in Kaye's original recording, he sings the passages about Liza Elliot's inability to make up her mind.

ChatGPT

  1. jenny

    A "Jenny" is primarily a female given name, generally considered as a diminutive version of Jennifer. The name itself is of English origin and is often used as a nickname. The popularity of the name has varied over time and across different regions. Moreover, in certain contexts, the term "jenny" can refer to a spinning machine (spinning jenny), a female donkey, or a particular device used in the production of textiles. The usage of the term highly depends on the context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jennynoun

    a familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane

  2. Jennynoun

    a familiar name of the European wren

  3. Jennynoun

    a machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories

  4. Etymology: [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.]

Wikidata

  1. Jenny

    Jenny is a 1970 film starring Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda, released by ABC Pictures. The film was rated "M" for "Mature Audiences." Singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson provided Jenny 's theme song, "Waiting".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jenny

    jen′i, n. a female bird, a wren—usually Jenn′y-wren: a female ass: a spinning-jenny. [From the name Jenny; prob. the last sense from gin.]

Rap Dictionary

  1. jennynoun

    Vagina; the female counterpart of Jimmy. "When Jenny and Jimmy start shootin the gift" -- De La Soul featuring Native Tongues (Buddy 12")

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JENNY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jenny is ranked #19019 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Jenny surname appeared 1,432 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Jenny.

    87% or 1,247 total occurrences were White.
    4.2% or 61 total occurrences were Asian.
    4.1% or 60 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Jenny' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2045

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Jenny in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Jenny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Jenny in a Sentence

  1. Luc Dardenne:

    We're interested in individuals, in details, in ordinary things to, hopefully, make something extra-ordinary of them, at least to widen the scope, but we're really staying with this suburban doctor who refuses to become richer by changing practice because she wants to stay where she is to find out the identity of The Unknown Girl. That's what we're interested in, the moral responsibility that Jenny feels.

  2. Lyric Drumgoole:

    I want Jenny Lee Maldonado to grow it long so I can braid it, i want Lyric Drumgoole to be safe.

  3. Steven Hoffman:

    The most prominent example of harm would be, in my mind, Jenny McCarthy.

  4. Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

    Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.

  5. Jenny McCarthy:

    I've found that it touched things in my own life from my history and bringing it in to today that's been real special, i just hope that I've been able to be a spark of inspiration for anybody right now that might be struggling in the darkness. ' The Masked Singer' ALUMS OFFER ADVICE TO UPCOMING PERFORMERS :' Jenny McCarthy'LL ACTUALLY SHOCK YOURSELF' Scherzinger also ended the season with a win. The Masked Singer took home the Golden Ear trophy for the most correct guesses by a judge during the sixth season. The Queen of Hearts in the two-hour holiday themed Season 6 finale of.

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