Jean

See also: jean

English

Etymology

The female given name is from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English feminine form of John (sometimes considered Scottish), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Jehane. The male given name is likely from or influenced by French Jean.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jēn, IPA^(key): /dʒiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Homophones: gene, Gene

Proper noun

Jean

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • 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.}}

2. A male given name from Hebrew
3. A surname
4. An unincorporated community in Nevada

Related terms

• (diminutives) Jeanie, Jeannie
• Jane and its variants

Anagrams

• Jaen, Jane, Jaén, Jena, jane

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jean, from a Middle English feminine form of John, from Old French Jehane.

Proper noun

Jean

1. a female given name from Hebrew

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French

Etymology

From Old French Jehan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Jean ?

1. John (biblical character).
2. John (book of the Bible).
3. a male given name, traditionally very popular in France, also common as the first part of hyphenated given names.

Related terms

• Feminine form: Jeanne
• Hypocoristics: Jeannot
• Variants: Yann, Yannick, Yoann, Yvan

• Jean-Baptiste
• Jean-Charles
• Jean-Christophe
• Jean-Claude
• Jean-François
• Jean-Jacques
• Jean-Louis
• Jean-Luc
• Jean-Marc
• Jean-Marie
• Jean-Michel
• Jean-Paul
• Jean-Philippe
• Jean-Pierre
• Jean-Yves

 

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Limburgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jean.

Proper noun

Jean m

1. a male given name.

Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	Jean	Jeane	Jeanke	Jeankes
Genitive	Jeans	Jeane	Jeankes	Jeankes
Locative	Jeanese	Jeaneser	Jeaneske	Jeaneskes
Dative*	Jeanem	Jeanemer	Jeanemske	Jeanemskes
Accusative*	Jean	Jeane	Jeanke	Jeankes

• The dative and accusative are obsolete nowadays, use the nominative instead.

See also

• Jón
• Jan

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Jehan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Iohannes, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).

Proper noun

Jean m

1. a male given name, equivalent to French Jean or English John.
2. John (biblical character).

Derived terms

• Jeannot

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jean. Doublet of João.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɐ̃/

Proper noun

Jean m

1. a male given name from French