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Jayne - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jayne

[ 1 syll. jay-ne, ja-yne ] The girl name Jayne is pronounced JHEYN KEY. Jayne is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in the English language. Jayne is a variant spelling of the English Jane.

Jayne is rare as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1957, 0.073% of baby girls were given the name Jayne. It ranked at #216 then. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. Out of the group of girl names directly linked to Jayne, the English Jane was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Jayne include the English Jaine, the English Jane, the English Jan, the English Janeann, the English Jann, the Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Janne, the English Jasme, the English and Scottish Jean, the English Jeane, the English Jeanene, the English, French, and Dutch Jeanne, the English Jeanné, the English Jem, the English Jen, the English Jenae, the English Jenn, the English Jenne, the Chinese and English Jin, the English Joan, and the Basque and English Jone.

Details of famous persons named Jayne:
Actress Jayne Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer, 19 April 1933 - 29 June 1967, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Figure Skater Jayne Torvill, born 7 October 1957, Nottingham, England.

KEY: Pronunciation for Jayne: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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