Jenissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NIS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Jenissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jenissa come from?
Modern: modern invented name, perhaps Jen + Issa
Is Jenissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Jenissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Jenissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Jenissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayla, Janessa, Johanna, Julia, Isabella, Eliza, Emma, Paulina, Samantha, Julissa, Jimena, Sophia
Names related to Jenissa
Jenesis, Jenessa, Jenasis, Jenisha, Jenise, Jenesys, Jenisis
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jenissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenissa, updated 20 October 2026.