Jen
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //d͡ʒɛn//
A female given name.
proper noun
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A female given name.
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.
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Middle English masculine personal name, a short form of Old French Jehan
Etymology
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
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A surname from Chinese.
Etymology
From the atonal and diacriticless Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 妊 (Rèn), an ancient surname also used as an adjective meaning "pregnant". Doublet of Ren.