Jenna is an English-American invention from the 1970s — possibly a respelling of Jenny + the Italian -a feminine ending, or a contraction of Jennifer (Welsh Gwenhwyfar, "white phantom"). A top-100 US baby name from 1985 to 2010, peaking at #44 in 1986. Jenna Ortega (born 2002) — *American actress; played Wednesday Addams in Netflix's Wednesday (2022) — the show's 1.7 billion hours viewed in 28 days made it the most-watched English-language series on Netflix at the time of its release; Best Actress Golden Globe and Emmy nominations. Also starred in Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), and Tim Burton's continuing Wednesday season 2. Jenna Fischer (born 1974) — Pam Beesly on NBC's The Office (2005-2013), Primetime Emmy nominee. Jenna Bush Hager (born 1981) — daughter of George W. Bush; Today show co-anchor. Jenna Coleman — Doctor Who (2012-2015), Victoria* (2016-2019). Jenna Jameson — adult-industry pioneer.
Featured throughout 2020s American television.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jenna reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.