Jayne

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English

Proper noun

Jayne

  1. Lua error in Module:names at line 633: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template derived from a medieval variant of John.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew, a twentieth century elaborate spelling of Jane.
    • 1997 Sharyn McCrumb, Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118("The Luncheon"):
      "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the y's in Kathryn and Jayne's names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jayne.

Proper noun

Jayne

  1. a female given name from Hebrew