Comments on: My Name is Jennifer, Not Jen https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/ Mom Smarter! Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Mommy Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-151080 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-151080 In reply to Jen, Jeni, or Jenifer.

Oh I get that! I went from being a Jenny when I was younger to Jennifer. Now I’m wondering if it’s time to go back to Jenny 🙂

]]> By: Jen, Jeni, or Jenifer https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-151003 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-151003 I’m literally on the world wide web trying to figure out who I am because I’ve gone by Jen, Jeni and Jenifer and I’m starting a new job and I’m not sure who I should be in this new era of my life!

]]> By: Mommy Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-142853 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-142853 In reply to Not Jackie.

Yep! I often correct people but then they act like I”M the bad guy.

]]> By: Not Jackie https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-142849 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-142849 Try being a Jacqueline who HATES Jackie but everyone wants to call her that. It’s not even a shortened version of Jacqueline, it’s a completely different name. It bugs me so much and people have been doing it from childhood into adulthood.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-139176 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-139176 After reading these it’s clear that everyone has their own preference and personality. Which is great. I think people should ask what you preferred to be called and respect your answer.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-139175 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-139175 As of late people feel free to call me Jenny. Nothing turns my additude against you more than calling me that. Jenny is defined as a female jack ass. No one has ever called me that. Growing up my dad called me Jenn. As an adult only one person calls me JennJenn. People who I just meet call me Jenny. I tell that that’s not my name. They say they prefer that. I tell them then I wish them luck in their search for her. It’s rude. As if who I am and getting to know and respect me isn’t important to them

]]> By: Mommy Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-138871 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-138871 In reply to Notta Dumbass.

LOL – And yet – it does happen.

]]> By: Notta Dumbass https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-138829 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-138829 Elizabeth would be Liz, or Beth, not Liza, you evil psychopath.

]]> By: Mommy Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-135255 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-135255 In reply to Jennifer.

Thanks for sharing your perspective!

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/name-jennifer-jen/#comment-135254 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9157#comment-135254 I’m a Jennifer but it actually drives me nuts when they say do you prefer Jen or Jennifer, but that’s normally because I’ve already told them I prefer all nicknames except Jenna because that’s a completely different name and not a shortened version of Jennifer. I also have people refer to me by my last name, some automatically do it since my last name sounds cool and some I give them the option and they run with it. I’ve also had one job where there were 4 Jennifer’s so we all took claim to different names/versions.

I did also have to tell someone Jen, Jenny, Jennifer, [last_name] are all done the times and they still felt nervous calling me the wrong name so it’s funny how I’ve had the exact opposite experience but I’m way more open to the different versions.

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