Jenna?

[Elsandbels]

Hi, after many many years of trying, much loss and heartache DH and I finally have a gorgeous baby girl who is now 4 days old. Before she arrived we rarely discussed names, I think out of fear something would go wrong. She is very likely to be our only child.
I love the name Jenna, I’m not exactly sure why but I think it’s gorgeous. DH likes it too but is worried it’s a little dated.
We have discussed other names but none feel quite right.
Middle name will be either Helena, Alexandra, Elizabeth or Paulina (grandparents names or twists on grandparents names).

Thoughts?

I like it! It’s a little dated but not in a bad way, and it sounds quite refreshing among all the Lila / Layla / Evie / Ava names at the moment - she will very likely be the only Jenna in her school!

Wow you’re much more highbrow than me, when I first saw “Jenna?” I thought - “what’s the special pie today?”
Jenna Hunterson from Waitress, a truly wonderful character and you absolutely can’t go wrong with that name, beautiful.

Congrats on the birth of your daughter! Love the name Jenna.

Jenna is lovely. If this is likely to be your only child would it be a good idea to honour your mum too with Jenna Elizabeth Helena? You know best your relationship but might sting a bit for your mum for such a long awaited and wanted baby to be named after MIL only.

I love Jenna!
Congratulations for your baby girl!

I don't think the really long names run well as middle names - and Jenna Helena is too rhyming - but Jenna is lovely.

Jenna Helena doesn't rhyme.
If your mother is Helen and MIL is Liz, why not use Jenna Elizabeth Helen Surname?
I prefer Helen to Helena.

I don't really like it - makes me think of US high school dramas from the 80s, but it's far from awful. I'd probably go Genevieve or Jennifer nn Jenna though.

It does if it's pronounced Hel-un-uh as it often is in the UK.

@theunbreakablecleopatrajones , it would need to be said as Hel-enn-a to rhyme. The combination doesn't work though.

Love it!

Jenna Elizabeth or Jenna Alexandra get my vote. Congratulations

Good name, not dated. I know a lovely Jenna 😍

Love this name! Jenna is not overused or dated

Lovely name, very pretty and elegant - sounds good for both a little girl and a grown woman.

Lovely name. People of my age (50) may remember it from Dallas in the 1980s but it’s Cornish in origin & has always been popular there.

My daughter’s head of year is a Jenna & she is the most delightful professional you could meet so I have very positive associations with it.

Many many congratulations on the birth of your daughter, how wonderful that you finally have her 💐

Congratulations on your lovely new baby girl! Jenna Elizabeth gets my vote. I don't think of Jenna as dated, its unusual and rather nice.

Another vote for Jenna Elizabeth.

I named my daughter Jenna and she is six now.. I picked it as its is quite uncommon and wasn’t on the top 100 list of girls names at the time .. I love her name and it is said as Jenna not Jenner and we are northerners!! I love that’s it’s not a common name and it suits her 🥰

Beautiful gem of a name. Congratulations!

Jenna is lovely- but I’d have Elizabeth as a middle name as two names ending in ‘a’ doesn’t sound as nice.

Jenna is a huge 80s/90s name in the states but don’t notice it in the UK so much so maybe it’s okay. It’s a nice name I just think of a 30-40 year old

I like it.

Struggling to see how you could pronounce Jenna and Jenner differently though?! Jenn-uh for both surely?

Jenna is Jen-ah

Jenner is Jen-ur

Very different sounds (Scottish pronunciation)

I have a soft spot for this name. Reminds me of a little girl in a made for tv Christmas movie I watched as a preteen. Always thought it was lovely ever since

@ApolloandDaphne , OP hasn't said she is in Scotland.
Both would be Jenn-uh here.