🔥Jenna

English, diminutive of Jennifer

"white shadow, white wave"

Jenna Origin and Meaning

The name Jenna is a girl's name of English, Welsh origin meaning "white shadow, white wave".

Jenna was first noted on the 1980s TV series Dallas, later associated with one of the First Twin Daughters. Jenna is still being used, but no longer feels much fresher than Jennifer. You can also spell it Jena, but then many people will pronounce it jeen-a, as in Gina.

Jenna Rank in US Top 1000

# 683 in the US

Jenna Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 601 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jenna

• 683 US 2024
• 601 Nameberry 2025
• 961 England 2020
• 354 Germany 2016
• 169 Netherlands 2015

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Famous People Named Jenna

• Jennifer Mary "Jenna" Elfman American actress
• Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer American actress
• Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz American actress
• Jenna Lee Dewan Tatum, American actress
• Jenna Marie Jameson American adult film actress
• Jenna Welch Bush Hager daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush
• Jenna Marbles (born Jenna Nicole Mourey) American Youtuber
• Jenna Ezarik American Youtuber
• Jenna Louise Coleman, English actress
• Jennifer Jean "Jenna" Von Oy American actress
• Jenna McCorkell Northern Irish figure skater
• Jenna Michelle Boyd American actress
• Jennifer Anne "Jenna" Lee American news anchor
• Jenna Leigh Green (born Jennifer Leigh Greenberg) American actress
• Jenna Lewis American reality TV personality ("Survivor: Borneo")
• Jenna Rachael McDougall Australian singer of band Tonight Alive
• Jenna Morasca American pro wrestler and reality TV personality ("Survivor: The Amazon")
• Jenna Rose (Swerdlow) American singer
• Jenna Haze American adult film actress
• Jenna Louise Hawkins Welch mother of U.S First Lady Laura Bush
• Jenna Leigh Johnson American Olympic swimmer
• Jenna Presley (born Brittni Ruiz) American adult film actress
• Jenna Russell English actress
• Jenna Santoromito Australian water polo player
• Jenna McCormick Australian soccer and football player
• Jenna Black Joseph wife of musician Tyler R. Joseph of Twenty One Pilots
• Jenna Hoffman (b. 1970) daughter of actors Dustin Hoffman and Anna Byrne
• Jenna Shirley England (b. 1999) daughter of curler Sandra Schmirler and Shannon England
• Jenna Compono TV personality
• Jenna Johnson American dancer
• Jenna Bentley American glamour & Bikini Model

The name Jenna in Pop Culture

• Jenna Hamilton main character on MTV's "Awkward"
• Jenna Wade character on TV's "Dallas"
• Jenna Cavanaugh Marshall character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars "
• Jenna Maroney character on TV's "30 Rock"
• Jenna Ashby Character in The Chemical Gardens Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano
• Jenna the Angel character in movie "Little Nicky"
• Jenna Sommers character in The Vampire Diaries series
• Jenna Darabond character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
• Jenna Dapananian character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
• Jenna Betancourt character in "The Purge"
• Jenna character in video game series Golden Sun
• Jenna dog in the Balto movies
• Jenna character in the Magyk novel series by Angie Sage
• Jenna Middleton character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
• Jenna Morgan character on animated series "Arthur"
• Jenna Avid character on TV's "Baywatch: Hawaii"
• 'The Adoration of Jenna Fox " novel by Mary E. Pearson
• Jenna Rink main character in the movie "13 Going on 30"
• Jenna Heap character in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
• Jenna character in musical "Waitress"