Jane
English
/d͡ʒeɪn/
proper noun
Definitions
- the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
- derived from a variant of John.
Etymology
Derived from French Jeanne derived from Old French Jehane derived from Latin Johanna, Iōhannēs derived from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης derived from יוֹחָנָן (God is gracious).
Origin
יוֹחָנָן
Gloss
God is gracious
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Janeite English
- Janeiteism English
- Janelle English
- Janey English
- Janie English
- Jean English
- Jeanne English
- John English
- Mary English
- Mary Jane English
- girl English
- janegirl English
- Ioannes Latin
- Iohannes Latin
- Iōannēs Latin
- Iōhannes Latin
- Iōhannēs Latin
- Johanna Latin
- Jōhannēs Latin
- Sanctus, sanctus Latin
- Johann German
- Giovanni Italian
- Jopie Dutch, Flemish
- Jean French
- Jeanne French
- Жанна Russian
- Ян Russian
- Ἰωάννης Ancient Greek
- Johanna Swedish
- メリージェーン Japanese
- Iohannes Old English
- Jeanne Danish
- Jehan Old French
- Jehane Old French
- Johan Old French
- Иван Serbo-Croatian
- Ioan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Γιάννης Greek (modern)
- Jane Cebuano
- Jingjing Cebuano
- jan Middle Dutch
- Žanna Latvian
- Iohain Old Irish
- Iohain Baptaist Old Irish
- Jóan Faroese
- Jógvan Faroese
- Jón Faroese
- Жохан Kazakh
- Gjon Albanian
- Jehanne Middle French
- 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 Gothic
- יוֹחָנָן Hebrew (modern)
- יוחנן Hebrew (modern)
- Joan Old Portuguese
- ივანე Georgian
- 珍 Chinese
- 瑪麗珍鞋 Chinese
- 約翰 Chinese
- Ян Belarusian
- Иоаннъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- Jehan xno
- Kini Hawaiian
- Ἰωάννης grc-koi
- יוֹחָנָן hbo
- יוחנן hbo