Yesenia

Spanish

Etymology

Coined in 1970 for the heroine of a Mexican TV series of the same name, created by Yolanda Vargas, from Jessenia (bataua), the botanical name of a South American palm tree.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈsenja/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈse.nja]

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈsenja/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈse.nja] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈsenja/ [ʃeˈse.nja] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈsenja/ [ʒeˈse.nja] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: Ye‧se‧nia

Proper noun

Yesenia f

1. a female given name used since 1970