Jenya
Girl · ZHEN-yuh · Greek
Jenya is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “well-born”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jenya mean?
Greek: likely a spelling of Zhenya, a Russian pet form of Evgenia
“well-born”
Likely a spelling of Zhenya, a Russian pet form of Evgenia and Evgeny, which are forms of Eugenia and Eugene.
- Say it
- ZHEN-yuh
Is Jenya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenya is a girls' name.
How popular is Jenya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Jenya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
Names like Jenya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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