Jean
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See also: jean
Pronunciation
Female given name, surname
Male given name
Etymology 1
Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān). Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
The unincorporated community in Nevada, originally named Goodsprings Junction, was renamed Jean on 28 June 1905 by postmaster George Arthur Fayle in honor of his wife.
Proper noun
Jean
- A female given name from French.
- 1788, Robert Burns, Of A' the Airts the Wind Can Blaw:
- There's not a bonnie flower that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green,
There's not a bonnie bird that sings
But minds me o' my Jean.
- 1866, Louisa May Alcott, chapter II, in Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power:
- Isn't Jean a pretty name?"
"Not bad; but why don't you call her Miss Muir?"
"She begged me not. She hates it, and loves to be called Jean, alone."
- 1972, Anne Tyler, The Clock Winder, Knopf, page 67:
- He was trying to think of her name; she had come to cook him dinner twice last spring. Jean, maybe. Or Betty. One of these plain names.
- An unincorporated community in Nevada.
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Etymology 2
From French Jean, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Sean, Shaun, Shane, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Juan, and Giovanni.
Proper noun
Jean
- A male given name from French
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Etymology 3
A French surname from the male given name, or an English surname which originated as a variant spelling of Jayne or as a toponymic surname referring to Genoa, Italy.
Proper noun
Jean
- A surname.
Further reading
Jean (female given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Jean, Nevada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jean (male given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jean (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Etymology
From English Jean, from a Middle English feminine form of John, from Old French Jehane.
Proper noun
Jean
- a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]
Etymology
Inherited from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).
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Proper noun
Jean m
- John (biblical character).
- John (book of the Bible).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John, traditionally very popular in France, also common as the first part of hyphenated given names
- a surname originating as a patronymic
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