Jean

Female given name, surname

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

Male given name

• enPR: zhän, IPA^(key): /ʒɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

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.

Jean

1. 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.

2. An unincorporated community in Nevada.

• Jeanie, Jeannie, Jenny

• Jeanette; see also Jane

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.

Jean

1. A male given name from French

• Isle de Jean Charles
• Jean Potage

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.

Jean

1. A surname.

• Jean (female given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jean, Nevada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jean (male given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jean (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Jaen, Jane, Jaén, Jena, jane

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

Jean

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]

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

• (Belgium, France) IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃/
  • (Provence) IPA^(key): /ʒãᵑ/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /ʒã/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Jean m

1. John (biblical character).
2. John (book of the Bible).
3. 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
4. a surname originating as a patronymic

• déshabiller Paul pour habiller Jean
• Jean Dupont

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

• → Japanese: ジャン (Jan)
• → Persian: ژان (žân)
• → Limburgish: Sjang, Sjeng
• → Chinese: → 讓／让 (ràng) (transliteration)

Borrowed from French Jean.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒan/^[1]
• Rhymes: -an

Jean m

1. A male given name in French

Borrowed from English Jean.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒin/^[1]
• Rhymes: -in

Jean f

1. A female given name in English

Borrowed from French Jean.

Jean m

1. a male given name

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.

• Jón
• Jan

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

Jean m

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

• Jeannot

Unadapted borrowing from French Jean. Doublet of João, Ivan, Ian, Ruan, and Geovane.

Jean m

1. a male given name from French