Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female given name from French. · An unincorporated community in Nevada.
Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān). Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena. The unincorporated community in Nevada, originally named Goodsprings Junction, was renamed Jean on 28 June 1905 by postmaster George Arthur Fayle in honor of his wife.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Derivation mentionJeannefr
- Derivation mentionJehanefro
- Derivation mentionIoannala
- Derivation mentionIōhannēsla
- Derivation mentionיוֹחָנָהhe
- Doublet mentionIvanaen
- Doublet mentionJanaen
- Doublet mentionJaneen
- Doublet mentionJaniceen
- Doublet mentionJanisen
- Doublet mentionJeanneen
- Doublet mentionJenen
- Doublet mentionJoanen
- Doublet mentionJoannaen
- Doublet mentionJoanneen
- Doublet mentionJohannaen
- Doublet mentionJuanaen
- Doublet mentionShavonneen
- Doublet mentionSianen
- Doublet mentionSiobhanen
- Doublet mentionShaneen
- Doublet mentionShaunen
- Doublet mentionShaunaen
- Doublet mentionSheenaen
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