Jens
Jens is a male given name and a family name.
Origin and meaning
Jens is a Danish and Frisian short form of Johannes.
distribution
In Germany, the first name has been more common since the 1920s. In the 1960s and 1970s it peaked in popularity with placements in the top 20; in 1964 it achieved its highest ranking to date with 10th place. Since 1990 it has gone out of fashion.
Name bearer
First name
- Jens Baumbach (* 1983), German handball player
- Jens Bogner (* 1970), German pop singer
- Jens Bratlie (1856–1939), Norwegian politician
- Jens Böhrnsen (* 1949), Mayor of Bremen and President of the Senate
- Jens Bullerjahn (* 1962), SPD politician, Finance Minister of Saxony-Anhalt
- Jens Byggmark (* 1985), Swedish ski racer
- Jens Cajuste (* 1999), Swedish football player
- Jens Ivo Engels (* 1971), German historian and university professor
- Jens Fink-Jensen (* 1956), Danish writer, composer and photographer
- Jens Petter Hauge (* 1999), Norwegian soccer player
- Jens Häusler (* 1967), German handball player and coach
- Jens Heppner (* 1964), German racing cyclist
- Jens Christian Jensen (1928–2013), German art historian and museum director
- Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen (1874–1960), Danish sculptor
- Jens Jeremies (* 1974), German soccer player
- Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816–1883), Danish sculptor
- Jens Jessen (1895–1944) German economist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Jens Kipper (* 1975), German actor and director
- Jens Knossalla (* 1986), German entertainer
- Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978), Danish politician
- Jens Kyllönen (* 1989), Finnish poker player
- Jens Lakemeier (* 1994), German poker player
- Jens Lehmann (* 1969), German goalkeeper
- Jens Nolte (* 1974), German cameraman
- Jens Nowotny (* 1974), German soccer player
- Jens Nydahl (1883–1967), German politician (SPD)
- Jens Petersen (writer) (* 1976), German writer and doctor
- Jens Riewa (* 1963), German news anchor
- Jens Rosteck (* 1962), German writer, musicologist and pianist
- Jens Christian Skou (1918–2018), Danish physician and biophysicist
- Jens Stoltenberg (* 1959), Norwegian politician
- Jens Spahn (* 1980), German politician (CDU)
- Jens Sparschuh (* 1955), German writer
- Jens Voigt (* 1971), German racing cyclist
- Jens Vörtmann (* 1970), German poker player
- Jens-Christian Wagner (* 1966), German historian and head of the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation
- Jens Wandmacher , German non-fiction author and psychologist
- Jens Wawrczeck (* 1963), German actor and voice actor
- Jens Weidmann (* 1968), German economist
- Jens Weißflog (* 1964), German ski jumper
- Jens Wonneberger (* 1960), German writer
- Jens Zimmermann (marksman) (* 1967), German marksman
- Jens Zimmermann (presenter) (* 1972), German sports presenter, entertainer and manager
- Jens Zimmermann (musician) , German musician and DJ
- Jens Zimmermann (politician) (* 1981), German politician (SPD)
family name
- Ina Jens (1880–1945), Swiss writer
- Inge Jens (* 1927), German writer
- Jelmer Jens (* 1982), Dutch chess player
- Reimer Johannes Meyer-Jens (1931–2019), German civil engineer
- Salome Jens (* 1935), American actress
- Tilman Jens (1954–2020), German journalist and book author
- Uwe Jens (1935–2013), German politician (SPD)
- Walter Jens (1923–2013), German philologist and writer