Jean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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.

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

Anagrams

• Jane, Jaén, Jena, jane

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jean

1. a female given name

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. A male given name, traditionally very popular in France, also common as the first part of hyphenated given names.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jean.

Proper noun

Jean m

1. A male given name.

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jean m

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