Jenessa

Where Jenessa comes from

Most likely a Blend of Jennifer + Vanessa.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jenessa
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #6,246 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Peak, #1,137
    156 babies named Jenessa — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,052.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.