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A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
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Jennifer, and occasionally a surname. It may refer to:
Given name
People
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Jen Adams (born 1979), Australian lacrosse coach and former player
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Jen Buczkowski (born 1985), American former soccer player
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Jen Button (born 1977), Canadian former swimmer
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Jen DeNike (born 1971), American video and performance artist
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Jen Green (born 1955), British non-fiction author
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Jen Hadfield (born 1978), English poet
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Jen Hoy (born 1991), American soccer player
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Jen Hudak (born 1986), American freestyle skier
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Jen Jacobs (1956–2016), Australian cricketer
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Jen Kirkman, American stand-up comedian, screenwriter and actress
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Jen Lancaster (born 1967), American author
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Jen Ledger (born 1989), English musician
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Jen Miller (born 1972), American actress, writer, painter, director, preacher and poet
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Jen Psaki (born 1978), American government official and television host
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Jen Schoullis (born 1989), American ice hockey player
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Jen Sincero, American writer
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Jen Sorensen (born 1974), American cartoonist and illustrator
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Jen Taylor (born 1973), American actress
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Jenn Baxter (born 1987), Canadian curler
Fictional characters
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Jen (Gelfling), the protagonist of the film ''The Dark Crystal''
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Jen Handley, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
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Jen Lindley, in the American television series ''Dawson's Creek''
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Jennifer Rappaport, the American soap opera ''One Life to Live''
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Jen Scotts, the Pink Ranger on ''Power Rangers Time Force''
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Jen Barber, a character in the British television show ''
The IT Crowd
''The IT Crowd'' is a British television sitcom originally broadcast by Channel 4, created, written, and directed by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry. Set in th ...
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*Jen, a contestant on ''
Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race''
Surname
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Gish Jen (born 1955), American writer
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Lisa Jên, Welsh actress and singer
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Ruth Jên (born 1964), Welsh artist
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Richie Jen (born 1966), Taiwanese singer and actor
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Selina Jen
Selina Jen Chia-hsüan (; born 31 October 1981) is a Taiwanese singer, television host and actress. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E."我猜我猜我猜猜猜 20070212." Web. Retrieved 10 December 2009. On 11 June 2004, she gradua ...
(born 1981), a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.
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Ren (surname)
Rén is the Standard Chinese, Mandarin pinyin romanisation of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character, Chinese script. It is romanised as Jen in Wade–Giles, and Yam or Yum in Cantonese. It is listed 58th in the Song dynasty Chinese clas ...
(Jen 任 in Wade–Giles)
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Jenn
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Jennifer (given name)
Jennifer, also spelled Jenifer or Jenefer, is a feminine given name, the Cornish language, Cornish form of Guinevere,Room, Adrian. ''Cassell's Dictionary of First Names''. Sterling Publishing (2002)p. 332 . that became popular in the English-sp ...
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Jenny (given name)
Jenny is a female given name. The name was originally the diminutive form of Jane, but it is now associated with Jennifer. It may also be spelt Jennie, which was the most common spelling before the 20th century.
People with the given name
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English-language feminine given names