Jenson

Jenson: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“son of Jens”
Origin
Scandinavian
Say it
JEN-sun · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Jenson is a surname-derived given name from Scandinavian patronymic naming, meaning 'son of Jens'. Jens is a Scandinavian form of John.

How popular is Jenson?

202442.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jenson in 2024141

2024 rank#1,349 boys

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18802,734

Jenson is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Jenson

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • IanGod is gracious · Scottish Gaelic
  • Jaxonson of Jack · English
  • GiovanniGod is gracious · Italian
  • JuanYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Evanthe Lord is gracious · Welsh

Jenson questions

What does the name Jenson mean?

Jenson means "son of Jens". It comes from Scandinavian. Jenson is a surname-derived given name from Scandinavian patronymic naming, meaning 'son of Jens'. Jens is a Scandinavian form of John.

Is Jenson a boy or girl name?

Jenson is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jenson?

141 US babies were named Jenson in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Jenson?

Jenson is usually pronounced JEN-sun.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.