Given name & surname
Jean-Charles
“John”·“Charles”
Jean-Charles is a masculine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jean-Charles is built from elements meaning “John” and “Charles”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jean-Charles’s family of names
In French usage, Jean-Charles shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Giancarlo.
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jean-Charles
- Jean-Charles de BordaFrench scientist, political advisor and sailor (1733-1799)
- Jean-Charles CastellettoCameroonian and French footballerborn 1995
- Jean Charles Athanase PeltierFrench physicist (1785-1845)
- Jean-Charles PichegruFrench general (1761-1804)
- Jean Charles Galissard de MarignacSwiss chemist (1817–1894)
- Jean-Charles ValladontFrench archerborn 1989
- Adolphe AlphandFrench Engineer of the Corps of Bridges and Roads (1817–1891)
- Jean-Charles TacchellaFrench film director and screenwriter (1925–2024)
- Jean-Charles CazinFrench landscape painter and ceramicist (1841-1901)
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