Details for the forename Jean

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Jean (female)


Synonym(s):	Jane (F)
Variants:	Jeanne (F) Siobhán (F) Siubhan (F)
Diminutive for:	Sine (F)
Pet Name for:	Jenny (F)
Pet Name(s):	Jan (F) Jeanie (F) Jeannie (F) Jennet (F) Jennie (F) Jessie (F)
Derivative(s):	Jeanetta (F) Jeanine (F)
Derivative of:	Jehane (F) Jehanne (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Janet (F) Joan (F)
Can be spelt:	Jeane (F) Jaen (F)
Masculine form:	John (M) Jean (M) Seán (M)

Source(s):	FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English and Scottish, from the Old French Jehane/Jehanne, modern French Jeanne. Both are the feminine equivalent of John, from Hebrew "God has been gracious". In Scotland Jean and Jane are fully interchangeable. Occasionally Jean &/or Jane have been used as a synonym for Janet but this is by no means universally true [see notes for Jane] and is likely to be a localised family pet-name. The 1841 Census for Aberdeenshire has a very significant number of occurrences of Jeane as a spelling variation for Jean [or Jane].