JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

var x = 'Jenny,John,Stephanie,Marc,Ryan,Jessica';
x = x.split(',');

select = document.createElement('select');

for (var i=0;i<x.length;i++) { 
    var new_option_element = new Option(x[i], x[i]);
    select.appendChild(new_option_element);
}

document.body.appendChild(select);