Jean - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Jean \

, also used as girl's name Jean, is pronounced jeen. It is of French origin. Variant of John (Hebrew) "God's grace". Jean is sometimes hyphenated with a second name, and the French pronunciation (zhahn) may be used. Author and artist Jean Cocteau; playwright Jean Molière; author Jean-Paul Sartre; actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Jean has 6 variant forms: Jean-Carlo, Jean-Claude, Jean-Luc, Jean-Paul, Jean-Philippe and Jeanpierre.

For more information, see also related names Jon, Sean and Shawn.

Baby names that sound like Jean are Jan, Juan and Jian.

Jean is a very common first name for men (#350 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1909 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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