Entry № 4917 · English origin

Jhené Jhené — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ juh-NAY /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Modern creation (Jhené Aiko, R&B and neo-soul artist)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "modern creation (jhené aiko, r&b and neo-soul artist)".

Jhené is a 20th-century American invention — chosen by singer Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo (born 1988) at her musical debut; the spelling combines elements of Jean and the French accent system. Mother of Namiko Love (with rapper O'Ryan). Sister of the late singer Mila J. Her 2018 essay collection Trip, sold by 4th & Broadway, was a New York Times bestseller.

Modern creation (Jhené Aiko, R&B and neo-soul artist) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Jhené
Transliteration
Jhené
Pronunciation
/ dʒəˈneɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jhené stands.

Jhené does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jhenés before her.

Real people
Jhené Aiko
American R&B singer.
born 1988
In fiction
Jhené
Various American music.

Names connected to Jhené.

The number behind Jhené.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jhené reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.