Genna

English

Etymology 1

A variant of Jenna with the spelling possibly influenced by Gina or Gianna.

Proper noun

Genna

1. A female given name.
   • 2009 March 29, “Genna Gurkoff, David Farber”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 January 2014:

     Genna Buch Gurkoff, the daughter of Stevi T. Gurkoff and Jon B. Gurkoff of North Caldwell, N.J., was married Saturday evening to David Scott Farber, the son of Barry A. Farber of Mamaroneck, N.Y., and the late April Farber.

   • 2013 June 30, “Genna Blackman, Seth Chernin”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 July 2013:

     Genna Elizabeth Blackman was married Saturday to Seth Daniel Chernin in Newport, R.I.

   • 2018 October 7, “Genna Brounstein, Todd Hershman”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 October 2018:

     Genna Lauren Brounstein and Todd Peter Hershman were married Oct. 6 at Tribeca 360, an events space in Manhattan.

Etymology 2

From Italian Genna, a topographic name from Arabic جَنَّة (janna, “garden”).

Proper noun

Genna (plural Gennas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Genna is the 31453^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 736 individuals. Genna is most common among White (94.43%) individuals.

Japanese

Romanization

Genna

1. Rōmaji transcription of げんな