When Jens Peter Jensen was born in 1834, his or her father, Christen Sorensen Rigtrup, was 47 and his or her mother, Maren Poulsdatter, was 54. He or she lived in Randers, Denmark in 1840.
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 .
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