Jean
French
proper noun
Definitions
- John biblical character.
- John book of the Bible.
- traditionally very popular in France, also common as the first part of hyphenated given names.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French Jehan (John) inherited from Latin Iohannes derived from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης derived from Hebrew (modern) יוחנן (Yahweh is gracious).
Origin
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
יוחנן
Gloss
Yahweh is gracious
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Billyjean English
- Jane English
- Jean English
- Jeanie English
- Jeanne English
- Jeannie English
- Jennison English
- John English
- John Smith English
- John the Baptist English
- Johnian English
- Johnnie English
- Johnno English
- Johnny English
- Johnson English
- Joinson English
- Jonson English
- Joynson English
- applejohn English
- Joni Finnish
- *ʝoanes Latin
- Ioannes Latin
- Iohannes Latin
- Iōannēs Latin
- Iōhannes Latin
- Iōhannēs Latin
- Jōhannēs Latin
- Sanctus, sanctus Latin
- Schani German
- Giovanni Italian
- Baptiste French
- Grosjean French
- Jean-Baptiste French
- Jeanne French
- Petitjean French
- gros French
- petit French
- Жанна Russian
- Ян Russian
- Juan Spanish, Castilian
- Ἰωάννης Ancient Greek
- Jean Portuguese
- John Swedish
- ジョン Japanese
- Iohannes Old English
- Iohn Middle English
- Johannes Middle English
- John Middle English
- Seán Irish
- Jeanne Danish
- John Danish
- Jehan Old French
- Jehane Old French
- Ivan Serbo-Croatian
- Иван Serbo-Croatian
- Joan Catalan, Valencian
- Ioan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ژان Persian
- Γιάννης Greek (modern)
- Jean Cebuano
- John Cebuano
- Siôn Welsh
- Žanna Latvian
- Jón Faroese
- Jean Norman
- Giăng Vietnamese
- Giăng Báp-tít Vietnamese
- Жохан Kazakh
- Gjon Albanian
- gjon Albanian
- Jehan Middle French
- Jehanne Middle French
- 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 Gothic
- יוֹחָנָן Hebrew (modern)
- יוחנן Hebrew (modern)
- Joan Old Portuguese
- ივანე Georgian
- Joan Occitan
- Ян Belarusian
- Xuan Asturian
- Иоаннъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- Zuan Friulian
- Jo̧o̧n Marshallese
- Jon Basque
- John Norwegian
- Keoni Hawaiian
- יוֹחָנָן hbo
- יוחנן hbo
- Jean Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- sjeng Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- Chuan Aragonese