Jenny is a female given name. The name was originally the
diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...
form of
Jane,
but it is now associated with
Jennifer
Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to:
People
*Jennifer (given name)
* Jenifer (singer), French pop singer
*Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer
* Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
* Daniel Jenifer
Film and televisi ...
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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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Jenny Agutter
Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in '' East of Sudan'', '' Star!'', and two adaptations of '' The Railway Children'': the BBC's 1968 television seri ...
(born 1952), English actress
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Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922–1946), German concentration camp guard
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Jenny Beavan (born 1950), English costume designer
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Jenny Berggren
Jenny Cecilia Petrén (née Berggren; born 19 May 1972), professionally known as Jenny Berggren and Jenny from Ace of Base is a Swedish mezzo-soprano singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base. Since 1995, she has also bee ...
(born 1972), Swedish singer
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Jenny Berrigan (born 1983), American snowboarder
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Jenny Berthelius (1923–2019), Swedish crime novelist and children's writer
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Jennie Bimson (born 1976), English field hockey player
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Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933), American author and littérateur
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Jenny Blanco (born 1985), Dominican model
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Jenny Body, British aerospace engineer
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Jennie Bond (born 1950), English journalist
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Jenny Boucek (born 1973), American basketball coach and player
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Jenny Bruso, American hiker, influencer, and activist
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Jenny Buckley (born 1979), Irish actress and television presenter
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Jenny Campbell (artist) (1895–1970), Scottish artist
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Jennie Carignan (born 1968), Canadian lieutenant-general
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Jennie Casseday (1840–1893), American philanthropist
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Jennie Churchill (1854–1921), American-born British socialite
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Jennie Thornley Clarke (1860–1924), American educator, writer, and anthologist
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Jennie Collins (1828–1887), American labor reformer, humanitarian, and suffragist
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Jennie Maria Drinkwater Conklin (1841–1900), American author and social activist
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Jenny Craig (entrepreneur) (born 1932), American businesswoman
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Jenny Crain (born 1968), American long-distance runner
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Jenny Danielsson (born 1994), Finnish footballer
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Jenny Diver (–1741), Irish pickpocket
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Jenny af Forselles (1869–1938), Finnish teacher and politician
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Jenny Frost (born 1978), English singer and television presenter
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Jenny Gal (born 1969), Dutch-Italian judoka
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Jennie Garth
Jennifer Eve Garth (born April 3, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 (franchise), ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise and Val Tyler on the sitcom ''What I Like About You (TV ...
(born 1972), American actress
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Jenny Gusyk (1897–1944), Turkish woman, first female foreign student at the University of Cologne
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Jenny Han (born 1980), Korean-American writer
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Jennie Hanna (1856-1924), American missionary worker and religious auxiliary founder
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Jenny Hiloudaki (born 1968), Greek DJ, book author and former brothel madam
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Jennie Florella Holmes (1842-1892), American suffragist and temperance activist
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Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval ( , born 11 July 1980) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, and novelist. She has released nine solo albums, two under the alias Rockettothesky and seven under her own name. In 2015, Hval released her fifth studio album, ...
(born 1980), Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, and novelist
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Jennie Joseph, midwife and activist
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Jenny Karezi (1932–1992), Greek film and stage actress
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Jennie Murray Kemp (1858–1928), American temperance activist
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Jenny Kenney (1884–1961), British suffragette and Montessori teacher
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Jenny Kim (born 1994), South Korean model and beauty pageant titleholder
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Jennie (singer)
Jennie Kim (; born January 16, 1996), known mononymously as Jennie, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in South Korea until 2004, Jennie later lived in New Zealand before returning to South Korea to suc ...
(born 1996), South Korean singer, member of girl group Blackpink
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Jenny Lau (born 1985), British writer and community organiser
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Jenny Lewis
Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.
Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child ...
(born 1976), American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
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Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) (6 October 18202 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in ...
(1820–1887), Swedish opera singer
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Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking ...
(born 1969), American singer, dancer and actress
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Jennie Lozier (1841–1915), American physician
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Jenny Marcroft (born 1963), New Zealand politician
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Jenny Markelin-Svensson (1882–1929), Finnish professional inspector and engineer
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Jenny Mastoraki (born 1949), Greek poet and translator
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Jenny McCarthy
Jennifer Ann McCarthy-Wahlberg (' McCarthy; born November 1, 1972) is an American actress, model, television personality, and anti-vaccine activist. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for ''Playboy'' magazine and was later named thei ...
(born 1972), American actress, model, and television personality
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Jenny McCudden, Irish journalist, newspaper editor, author and television producer
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Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934), American early childhood educator and author
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Jenny Nicholson, American video essayist
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Jenny Nimmo
Jenny Nimmo (born 15 January 1944) is a British author of children's books, including fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books. Born in England, she has lived mostly in Wales for 40 years. She is probably best known for tw ...
(born 1944), British fantasy author
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Jenny Nyström
Jenny Eugenia Nyström (13 or 15 June 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden – 17 January 1946 in Stockholm) was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the '' jultomte'' on Christmas cards and magazine covers, thus ...
(1854–1946), Swedish painter and illustrator
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Jenny Nyström (badminton) (born 1994), Finnish badminton player
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Jenny Ohlsson (born 1975), Swedish diplomat
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Jenny Pat (1981–2014), Hong Kong-born, Chinese-Canadian international artist and television personality
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Jenny Pavley (born 1976), American beach volleyball player
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Jenny Pike (1922–2004), Canadian photographer and servicewoman
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Jennie O'Neill Potter (1867–1900), American actor and dramatic reader
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Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell (born 8 April 1968) is an English radio and television presenter. After appearing on '' No Limits'', she went on to present series such as '' Wheel of Fortune'', '' UP2U'', '' Gimme 5'', '' Live Talk'', '' Wordplay'' and '' Daybre ...
(born 1968), English television and radio presenter
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Jenny Ramp (born 2003), Filipino-American model and beauty pageant titleholder
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Jenny Rautionaho (born 1996), Finnish ski jumper
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Jenny Shepherd
Jenny Ellen Shepherd (born 12 April 1972 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is a retired female field hockey player from New Zealand. She was a member of the Women's National Team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', that won the bronze medal at the 1998 ...
(born 1972), New Zealand field hockey player
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Jennie Hart Sibley (1846–1917), American temperance leader
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Jenny Sjödin (born 1985), Swedish professional wrestler and submission grappler
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Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. After early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for co-creating the children's ...
(born 1982), American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer
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Jennie Somogyi (born ), American ballet dancer
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Jennie O. Starkey (–1918), American journalist and newspaper editor
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Jenny Tan (born 1981), Indonesian television presenter
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Jennie Lasby Tessmann (1882–1959), American spectroscopist and college educator
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Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge (born 1941), British politician
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Jenny Upari (1882–1948), Finnish politician
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Jenny Vanou (1939–2014), Greek singer
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Jenny von Westphalen
Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny Edle von Westphalen (; 12 February 18142 December 1881) was a German theatre critic and political activist. She married the philosopher and political economist Karl Marx in 1843.
Background
Jenny von Westphalen was b ...
(1814–1881), German theatre critic and political activist
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Jenny Whittle (born 1973), Australian basketball player
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Jenny Wolf (born 1979), German speed skater
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Jenny Yokobori (born 1997), American voice actress
Fictional characters
* Jenny, a character in the cartoon ''
My Pet Monster''
* Jenny, a character in the 1984 American musical comedy movie ''
The Muppets Take Manhattan
''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' is a 1984 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Frank Oz and the third theatrical film featuring the Muppets. The film stars Muppet performers Jim Henson, Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Richard Hunt, Je ...
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* Jenny, a character in the 2001 American independent comedy-drama movie ''
Little Secrets''
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Jenny, in the 2008 ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Doctor's Daughter"
* Jenny, a character from the hybrid live-action/animated series ''
Wild Kratts''
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Jenny Flint, part of a trio who occasionally helps the Doctor in ''Doctor Who''
* Jenny, a character in the 2022 American-Canadian holiday film ''
Christmas in Rockwell''
* Jenny in the ''
Wayside School'' books and
cartoon
A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently Animation, animated, in an realism (arts), unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or s ...
* Jenny, the main female character in Larry Clark's 1995 film ''
Kids''
* Jenny Ballinger, a character in the TV sitcom ''
The Ropers
''The Ropers'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from March 13, 1979, to May 15, 1980. It is a Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Three's Company'' and loosely based on the British sitcom ''Geo ...
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Jenny Bradley, a character in the British soap opera ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
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* Jenny Cavalleri, female protagonist in ''
Love Story''
* Jenny Curran, a character in the 1994 film ''
Forrest Gump
''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the Forrest Gump (novel), 1986 novel by Winston Groom, the screenplay of the film is written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the title rol ...
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Jenny Everywhere, open-source comic character
* Jenny Foxworth, a child character in the 1988 Disney film ''
Oliver & Company
''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American Animated film, animated musical film, musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is inspired by the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist''. I ...
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* Jenny Hayden, a character in the 1984 American science fiction romance movie ''
Starman''
* Jenny Helmandollar, a character from ''
Louds''
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Jenny Humphrey
Jennifer Tallulah Humphrey is one of the characters in both the ''Gossip Girl (novel series), Gossip Girl'' and ''The It Girl (book series), The It Girl'' series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. She is portrayed by Taylor Momsen in the Gossip Gi ...
, a character in ''Gossip Girl'' and ''It Girl''
* Jenny, a character in the 2005 South Korean romance film
Jenny, Juno
* Jenny Kelly, a character in the 1996 series ''
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)
''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is an American fantasy sitcom series based on the Archie Comics character Sabrina Spellman which shares the title of the 1971 comic book series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. Created by Nell Scovell and developed ...
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* Jenny Lerner, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie ''
Deep Impact''
* Jennie Lowell, a character in the American sitcom ''
Kate & Allie''
* Jenny McBride, a mouse from ''
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue''
* Jenny Pizza, a character in the animated series ''
Steven Universe
''Steven Universe'' is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (character), Steven Universe (Zach Callison), who lives with the Crys ...
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* Jenny Reilly, a character in the series ''
The Black Donnellys
''The Black Donnellys'' is an American drama television series that debuted on NBC on February 26, 2007, and last aired on May 14, 2007. ''The Black Donnellys'' was created by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco and starred Jonathan Tucker, Oliv ...
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* Jenny Romano, a character from ''
The Darkness''
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Jenny Schecter, a main character from ''
The L Word
''The L Word'' is a television drama series that aired on Showtime in the United States from 2004 to 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated wit ...
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* Jenny Scott in the 1991 thriller ''
Shattered''
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Jenny Shepard in the television series ''
NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to:
Law enforcement
* National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
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* Jenny Skoutari, the protagonist in the film ''
Jenny Jenny''
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Jenny Sparks and
Jenny Quantum in ''
The Authority'' comic books
* Jenny Szalinski in the 1997 American film ''
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves''
* Jenny Wakeman in the Nickelodeon cartoon ''
My Life as a Teenage Robot''
* Jenny Wilcox, a character in the 1991 American science fiction action comedy movie ''
Suburban Commando
''Suburban Commando'' is a 1991 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy, produced by Howard Gottfried, and written by Frank Cappello. The film stars Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Larry Mil ...
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Jenny Wolek in the soap opera ''One Life to Live''
* Jenny The Witch in the film ''
Big Fish
''Big Fish'' is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton. It is based on the 1998 novel '' Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions'' by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange ...
'' (2003) and the novel ''
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions'' (1998)
* Jenny Woodentop, a character from the 1950s children TV series ''
The Woodentops
The Woodentops are a British rock band that enjoyed critical acclaim and moderate popularity in the mid-1980s.
History
The band formed in 1983 in South London with an initial lineup of Rolo McGinty (vocals, guitar, formerly of the Wild Swans ...
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* First Mate Jenny, character in the 1980s comic series ''
Bucky O'Hare
Bucky O'Hare is a fictional character and the hero of an eponymous comic book series and spin-off (media), spin-off media, including an Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars, animated TV series and various toys and video games. He was created by comic bo ...
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* Low-Dive Jenny/Ginny Jenny, in ''
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François V ...
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* Officer Jenny, the name of the many police officers in ''
Pokémon
is a Japanese media franchise consisting of List of Pokémon video games, video games, Pokémon (TV series), animated series and List of Pokémon films, films, Pokémon Trading Card Game, a trading card game, and other related media. The fran ...
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* Jenny, the Tagalog dub name for Keiko (Kayko) Yukimura (see
list of ''YuYu Hakusho'' characters), a character in ''YuYu Hakusho'' (known in the Philippines as ''Ghost Fighter'')
References
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