Jena

Jena is most commonly treated as a variant spelling of the name Jana or Jenna, which derive from the Hebrew Yochanan, meaning God is gracious, through the Latin Johanna and Old French Jehanne. It functions as a feminine form of John and shares its lineage with Jane, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. The spelling Jena gained independent use in English-speaking countries during the twentieth century, partly influenced by the German city of Jena in Thuringia, though that place name is of Slavic rather than Hebrew origin. Related forms include Jenna, Jana, Janna, and Genna.