Jennilyn
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jennilyn is a given name, most frequently recorded in the Philippines. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A female given name originating as a coinage, a twentieth-century blend of Jennifer and Lyn (or their variants).
- PHPhilippines1 in 6.7K◐
- USUnited States1 in 648K
- TCTurks & Caicos Islands1 in 19K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈534 ●
- Sources
- 148 ●
- 1 in 175K ◐
across 4 countries
22K records
Official registry-verified
Iceland
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Jenni-Lyn in ZA South Africa.
Meaning & origin●
A female given name originating as a coinage, a twentieth-century blend of Jennifer and Lyn (or their variants).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #838 | 24,951 | 17K rec. | — | 18K | Jennilyn | 81 |
| ID Indonesia | — | 642 | 642 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 4 |
| US United States | — | 513 | 3.3K rec. | 1 in 648K | 513 | Jennilyn | 148 |
| TH Thailand | — | 231 | 133 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 9 |
| AU Australia | — | 158 | 143 rec. | — | 1 | Jennilyn | 24 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 111 | 78 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 8 |
| CA Canada | — | 89 | 83 rec. | — | 1 | Jennilyn | 24 |
| SG Singapore | — | 61 | 39 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 16 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 47 | 14 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 6 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | 35 | 19 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 13 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 33 | 32 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 6 |
| IT Italy | — | 31 | 24 rec. | — | — | Jennilyn | 7 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English23K74%
- Spanish4.8K15%
- Indonesian1.1K3%
- Swahili3441%
- Thai3001%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 22,973 | 74% |
| Spanish | 4,803 | 15% |
| Indonesian | 1,065 | 3% |
| Swahili | 344 | 1% |
| Thai | 300 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1970 | 6 |
| 1971 | 8 |
| 1972 | 9 |
| 1973 | 10 |
| 1974 | 13 |
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1976 | 7 |
| 1977 | 7 |
| 1978 | 15 |
| 1979 | 12 |
| 1980 | 16 |
| 1981 | 8 |
| 1982 | 16 |
| 1983 | 21 |
| 1984 | 14 |
| 1985 | 13 |
| 1986 | 10 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 12 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1990 | 13 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 38 years between 1966–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Evidence●
Attested in 15 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking | 2022 | 18K | #449 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 513 | #20,212 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1983 | 21 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 17 | #4,762 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 17 | #4,763 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1982 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1980 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 13 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 54 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Jennilyn?
- We estimate roughly 534 people bear Jennilyn (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
- In which country does Jennilyn have the most bearers?
- Jennilyn is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled jennilyn.
- How common is Jennilyn compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Jennilyn is the 838th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.
- Is Jennilyn a male or female name?
- Jennilyn is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Jennilyn mean?
- Recorded meaning: A female given name originating as a coinage, a twentieth-century blend of Jennifer and Lyn (or their variants).
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jennilyn” — the 838th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.