גנענדל
'Gnendl (woman's name)'

ETYMOLOGY

OHG ginamno, MHG g(e)nanne < ge-namne 'person with the same name; friend', ENHG genanne 'Namensbruder'

WESTERN

גננא
Approximate pronunciation /gəˈnanə/ in the earliest Hebrew sources (11th-15th c.), in Latin sources or .
The diminutive of the name (with umlaut of /a/ to /e/), which became the predominant form, was first recorded in 1298 in a South German Hebrew source as גנענלין.
The /d/ in the Eastern from גנענדל appears like the epenthetic /d/ characteristic for diminutives of words ending in /n/, but in fact it arose early, probably through a confusion with MHG genende 'word; person', as in Bavarian genannter. The name is first recorded with /d/ in a Hebrew source from Frankfurt am Main from 1622: גנענדל.