# Jean
## English
### Pronunciation

Female given name, surname
* enPR: jēn, IPA: /d͡ʒiːn/
* Rhymes: -iːn
* Homophones: gene, Gene
Male given name
* enPR: zhän, IPA: /ʒɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Proper noun

Jean
* 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.
* An unincorporated community in Nevada.

##### Derived terms

* Jeanie, Jeannie, Jenny

##### Related terms

* Jeanette; see also Jane

### Etymology 2

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.

#### Proper noun

Jean
* A male given name from French.

##### Related terms

* Île Saint Jean
* Isle de Jean Charles
* Jean Potage
* Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
* Saint-Jean-du-Sud
* Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

### Etymology 3

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.

#### Proper noun

Jean
* A surname.

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Jaen, Jane, Jaén, Jena, jane

## Cebuano
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Jean
* a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Jean m
* John (biblical character).
* John (book of the Bible).
* 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
* a surname originating as a patronymic

#### Derived terms

* déshabiller Paul pour habiller Jean
* Jean Dupont

#### Related terms

* Feminine form: Jeanne
* Hypocoristics: Jeannot
* Variants: Yann, Yannick, Yoann, Yvan
* Jean-André
* Jean-Antoine
* Jean-Baptiste
* Jean-Bernard
* Jean-Charles
* Jean-Christophe
* Jean-Claude
* Jean-Étienne
* Jean-François
* Jean-Henri
* Jean-Hugues
* Jean-Jacques
* Jean-Louis
* Jean-Luc
* Jean-Marc
* Jean-Marie
* Jean-Michel
* Jean-Noël
* Jean-Pascal
* Jean-Patrice
* Jean-Paul
* Jean-Philippe
* Jean-Pierre
* Jean-Yves

#### Descendants

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

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Jean.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒan/
* Rhymes: -an

#### Proper noun

Jean m
* A male given name in French

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Jean.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒin/
* Rhymes: -in

#### Proper noun

Jean f
* A female given name in English

### References

* 1 2 Jean in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Limburgish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Jean.

### Proper noun

Jean m
* 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

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Jeannot

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### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒeˈɐ̃/, /ˈʒɐ̃/

### Proper noun

Jean m
* a male given name from French