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Jensen / Jenson.
There are SO many of these over here. (There are two Jensen families and a Jenson family on my street alone.) I think it's really boring because I've heard it so much - I wish I had a more interesting and unique last name. But my dad says it's a lot rarer out of our corner of the world.
Have you guys heard it before? Is it common where you live? And finally, do you think it's boring too? Be honest!
--Kit
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There are SO many of these over here. (There are two Jensen families and a Jenson family on my street alone.) I think it's really boring because I've heard it so much - I wish I had a more interesting and unique last name. But my dad says it's a lot rarer out of our corner of the world.
Have you guys heard it before? Is it common where you live? And finally, do you think it's boring too? Be honest!
--Kit
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Photo taken by Kit
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It must be one of the very commonest names in Denmark!
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I think that I might of heard of it. I'd say that your dad is right. It's probably not as common in other areas of the US.
Now, if you want boring last names, come where I live. I go to camp in New England ever summer, and I think that it is kind of interesting to look at the list of all of the campers and see their names. Some of them have the coolest last names. There are a lot of people Italian, Jewish and eastern European descent there.
Now, if you want boring last names, come where I live. I go to camp in New England ever summer, and I think that it is kind of interesting to look at the list of all of the campers and see their names. Some of them have the coolest last names. There are a lot of people Italian, Jewish and eastern European descent there.
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Never heard of it in my area!
Kristina
Kristina
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It's quite common, in fact it's my DH's maternal gradparents' last name. I don't find it terribly boring though.
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I've heard it a bit in Australia, but it's not really that common. There aren't many Danish or Swedish people here, about 20,000 I think.
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Not common at all.
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I hear it quite often, though I don't personally know anyone with it. Anyway, it's not so common here as it gets to be boring.
Andrew
Ahh, nature . . .
Ahh, nature . . .
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Jansson is very common in Sweden
Jensen is a very common ln in Denmark. I've never heard of Jenson, looks like a mix-up of Janson and Jensen to me.
The reason that these names (Jensen, Jansson, Jönsson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnson, Jackson) are so common is that the fn John (or Johan, Jan, Jon, Jens, Jöns, Jack) always has been very common.
All son-names are kind of boring imo. Many Swedes change their dull son-ln to a more uncommon one. Which is why I can't understand why people want to use such names as fn.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
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Jensen is a very common ln in Denmark. I've never heard of Jenson, looks like a mix-up of Janson and Jensen to me.
The reason that these names (Jensen, Jansson, Jönsson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnson, Jackson) are so common is that the fn John (or Johan, Jan, Jon, Jens, Jöns, Jack) always has been very common.
All son-names are kind of boring imo. Many Swedes change their dull son-ln to a more uncommon one. Which is why I can't understand why people want to use such names as fn.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I hear the last name alot but I don't actually know anyone with the last name (does that make sense?) I don't believe it's that boring but it does seem common.
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♥ Kristen ♥
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Shake Your Body Like A Bellydancer.
Here is where you are
There is where you want to be
But you can't get there from here ♥
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Not really... Jenson is swedish, but I never met somebody with that name.
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When I was 10 my little brother had a friend called Eric Jensen or Jenson, I can't remember which, I was 10 after all! That's the only person I've met with that last name. I live in northern California, if you're interested. And, I like it. :) It reminds me of Jennifer. I could totally see it becoming the next Madison or Addison.
P.S. We actually have the same last name. Mine is Johansson, which is like the Swedish form of Jensen or Jenson because Johan is the Swedish form of John and Jens is the Danish.
P.S. We actually have the same last name. Mine is Johansson, which is like the Swedish form of Jensen or Jenson because Johan is the Swedish form of John and Jens is the Danish.
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