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 [ 1 syll. jea(n), je-an ] The boy name Jean is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHAAN KEY. Jean is used chiefly in the French language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. The name is derived from Jehan (Old French) via Iohannes (Latinized); these are also the source forms of the name John. See Jean for more info. Jean is a variant of the name John (English) in the French language. Variants of Jean include the pet forms Janic (Breton and French), Janick (Breton and French), Janik (Breton, Czech, French, and Polish), Jannic (Breton and French), Jannick (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Jannik (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Jeannot (French), Yanick (Breton and French), Yanik (Breton and French), Yannic (Breton and French), Yannick (Breton and French), and Yannik (Breton and French). See also the related forms, Jean-Auguste (French), Jean-Baptiste (French), Jean-Claude (French), Jean-François (French), Jean-Georges (French), Jean-Jacques (French), Jean-Louis (French), Jean-Luc (French), Jean-Marie (French), Jean-Michel (French), Jean-Paul (French), Jean-Pierre (French), and Pierre-Jean (French). Jean is a classic favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1928, 0.029% of baby boys were given the name Jean. It ranked at #307 then. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and it is of occasional use in recent years. In 2008, its usage was 0.010% and its ranking #914. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Jean, John (English) was the most widely used. In 2008, it was used 59 times more than Jean. Though Jean is more popular as a boy name today, there was a period before 1989 that it was given more often to girls. From 1990 on, increasingly more boys than girls were named Jean. In 1994, the name Jean was given to 49% more boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Jean include Gene (English), Jaan (Estonian and Russian), Jan (English, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Belgian), Jann (English and German), Janne (Finnish and Scandinavian), Ján (Slavic), Jem (English), Jim (English and Dutch), Jin (Chinese), Joan (Catalan), Joergen (Scandinavian), John (English), Jon (English and Scandinavian), Jone (Welsh), Jonn (English), Joona (Finnish), Jowan (Cornish), Jón (Scandinavian), Jun (Japanese), and Cem (Arabic and Turkish). Details of famous persons named Jean: KEY: English pronunciation for Jean: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
