Jean

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[edit] Etymology

From a Middle English feminine form of John, from Old French Jehane; sometimes considered Scottish.

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Jean

  1. A female given name.
    • 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, Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power, Chapter II
      - - - 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, 1972, 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.

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Old French Jehan, from Latin Iohannes

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  • IPA: /ʒɑ̃/

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Jean

  1. (biblical) John
  2. A male given name, traditionally very popular in France. Also a common first part of hyphenated given names

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popular hyphenated given names

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From French

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Jean m.

  1. A masculine name

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Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative Jean Jeane Jeanke Jeankes
Genitive Jeans Jeane Jeankes Jeankes
Locative Jeanese Jeaneser Jeaneske Jeaneskes
Dative¹ Jeanem Jeanemer Jeanemske Jeanemskes
Accusative¹ Jean Jeane Jeanke Jeankes
  • Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

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