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Jean (boy)

What does Jean mean?

Jean Pronunciation of Jean as a boys' name (also used less commonly as girls' name Jean) is pronounced zhahn. It is of French and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jean is "God is gracious". Variant of John. Jean is sometimes hyphenated with another name, and the French pronunciation (zhahn) may be used. Author and artist Jean Cocteau; playwright Jean Moli�re; author Jean-Paul Sartre; actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.

STARTS WITH Je-

ASSOCIATED WITH gracious

Variations

VARIANTS Jeancarlo, Jeanclaude, Jeanluc, Jeanpaul, Jeanphilippe, Jeanpierre

SEE ALSO Jon, Sean, Shawn

RELATED FORMS VIA JOHN Ean, Eian, Eion, Euan, Evan, Ewan, Ewen, Gian, Hans, Heanno, Iain, Ian, Ivan, Ivann, Iwan, Jack, Jan, Janek, Janko, Janne, Janos, Jeannot, Jehan, Jenkin, Jens, Jian, Jianni, Joao, Jock, Johan, Johann, Johnn, Johon, Jon, Jona, Jovan, Juan, Juwan, Sean, Seann, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Zane

FEMININE FORMS Gene, Gina, Janae, Jeanette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Sheena

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jean Caiden (J.C.), ..

How popular is Jean?

Jean is a very prominent first name for males (#350 out of 1220, Top 29%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#2172 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Jean reached its apex position of #332 in the U.S. in the 1920s, and is at #1240 presently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jean name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Jean outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Jean (#1240 IN 2018) are Ean (#1101), Eian, Euan, Evan (#86), Ewan (#1603), Gian (#1221), Hans (#1446), Iain, Ian (#79), Ivan (#133), Jack (#28), Jan (#1844), Jeancarlo, Jeanluc, Jeanpaul, Jens, Joao, Jock, Johan (#579), Johann (#1389), John (#27), Jon (#754), Jovan (#1628), Juan (#139), Juwan, Sean (#269), Shane (#372), Shaun (#1016), Shawn (#393) and Zane (#200). Adoption of these relations of Jean was well-received during the years 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #1579) and is now significantly diminished (#1146, 74.3%), with versions such as John becoming less in vogue. Ian, Ivan, Johan and Zane are four of the more chic boy names here.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jean, Ean, Eian, Evan, Ewan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Gian, Hans, Iain, Ian, Ivan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jack, Jan, Jeancarlo, Jeanluc, Jeanpaul in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jens, Joao, Jock, Johan, Johann in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of John, Jon, Jovan, Juan, Juwan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Sean, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Zane in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Euan, Evan, Ewan, Iain, Ian outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Jack, Jens, Johan, John, Sean outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Zane outside U.S.

Similar Names

Jean is pronounced similarly to Gene, Jonn and June. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adan, Aedan, Aman, Aran, Bevan, Chan, Dan, Dean, Devan, Edan, Egan, Elan, Etan, Felan, Gehan, Gyan, Han, Heman, Iefan, Ieuan, Ja-, Jacan, Jahan, Jai, Jalan, Janan, Jano, Jaq, Jaran, Javan, Jax, Je-, Jeavin, Jed, Jeff, Jelal, Jem, Jemar, Jeno, Jerae, Jerah, Jeran, Jerant, Jerk, Jerman, Jeron, Jess, Jet, Jeth, Jett, Jevan, Jevvan, Jivan, Joab, Joran, Kean, Kelan, Kevan, Khan, Kian, Kiean, Nevan, Regan, Roan, Ryan, Shan, Stan, Tegan, Teman, Teran, Twan and Van. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jean.

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