When Christian Jensen was born on 21 October 1762, in Højslev, Hald, Denmark, his father, Jens Moller Jensen, was 36 and his mother, Mette Kirtine Olufsdatter, was 27. He died on 8 September 1765, at the age of 2.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .
English: variant of Jennison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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