Jeanne

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Jeanne

Where it comes from

From French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, 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) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

proper noun

A female given name from French.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: antoinette, jane, joan, jennifer, marie, jen, claude, mance, jin, gin, gene, jean, jenny, joanna, jan, janet

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"Jeanne." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jeanne. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"Jeanne." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jeanne.

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@misc{jeanne_2026,
  title = {Jeanne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jeanne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}