Jennie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Jenny. Borrowed from English in the eighteenth century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jennie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jennie has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 66 |
| 1999 | 73 |
| 2000 | 55 |
| 2001 | 49 |
| 2002 | 35 |
| 2003 | 42 |
| 2004 | 24 |
| 2005 | 33 |
| 2006 | 25 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,456 |
| 2000 | 8,512 |
| 2001 | 8,546 |
| 2002 | 8,577 |
| 2003 | 8,637 |
| 2004 | 8,671 |
| 2005 | 8,670 |
| 2006 | 8,683 |
| 2007 | 8,683 |
| 2008 | 8,695 |
| 2009 | 8,706 |
| 2010 | 8,700 |
| 2011 | 8,692 |
| 2012 | 8,702 |
| 2013 | 8,715 |
| 2014 | 8,723 |
| 2015 | 8,730 |
| 2016 | 8,721 |
| 2017 | 8,732 |
| 2018 | 8,728 |
| 2019 | 8,713 |
| 2020 | 8,706 |
Jennie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jennie.Hi! My name is Jennie.
- Jennie har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jennie has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Jennie i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jennie this afternoon.
- Jennies mamma är lärare.Jennie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jennies mamma is Jennie's mum.
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Questions about Jennie
How do you pronounce Jennie in Swedish?
In IPA, Jennie is /¹jɛnɪ/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Jennie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Jenny. Borrowed from English in the eighteenth century.
How popular is Jennie in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Jennie in 2022. In 2020, 8,706 people in Sweden had Jennie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.