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Jeanne - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jeanne

[ 1 syll. jea-(n)ne, je-a-nne ] The girl name Jeanne is pronounced as JHIYN KEY. Jeanne is used mostly in English, French, and Dutch, and it is of Hebrew origin.

Jeanne is a variation (English and French) of the English name Jane.

Jeanne is also a pet form (Dutch, English, and French) of the English and French name Jeanine.

Jeanne is also a spelling variant (English and French) of the English and Scottish name Jean. See also the related form, the Welsh Sian.

Jeanne is an unusual baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1927 with 0.256% of baby girls being named Jeanne. It ranked at #85 then. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is currently used on an infrequent scale. In 2008, among the group of girl names directly related to Jeanne, the English Jane was the most popular.

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

KEY: Pronunciation for Jeanne: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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