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Joanne vs Jenna - What's the difference?

joanne | jenna |

As proper nouns the difference between joanne and jenna

is that joanne is , a spelling variant of joanne while jenna is (female).

joanne

English

Alternative forms

* JoAnne, Jo-Anne, Jo Anne * Joann, JoAnn, Jo-Ann, Jo Ann

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1824 , The History of Matthew Wald , E. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, page 112:
    • "I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne ."
    "Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo -
  • * 1981 , Bodily Harm , Anchor Books, ISBN 0385491077, page 16:
    • She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said, what can you do with a name like Joanne ? Too nice.

    jenna

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (female).
  • * 2002 Margaret Brown Klapthor, Allida M. Black, The First Ladies , Government Printing Office, ISBN 0912308834, page 95:
    • In 1981, their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna (named after their grandmothers) were born. In 1994, George W. Bush was elected governor of Texas.
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