Jenova
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NOH-vuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Jenova is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Jenova mean?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Geneva or Jen with the -ova ending
Jenova is also the alien being at the heart of the 1997 video game Final Fantasy VII.
Is Jenova a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenova is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenova in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Jenova, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had more girls named Jenova than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Jenova in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenova in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
Nicknames for Jenova
Names like Jenova
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daleyza Jovie Amoura Avianna Analeia Isla Luna Cataleya Jaylani Lyanna Aitana Amora
Names related to Jenova
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, “Jenova: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenova, updated 20 October 2026.