Given name & surname · also French
Jeanne
“God is gracious”
In English use, Jeanne has a related form in Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original Hebrewג'יין
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jeanne has a related form in Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jeanne comes from French, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Jeanne is a feminine form of Jean.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Jeanne has a related form in Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jeanne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 163,609
- 360 boys · 163,249 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 4,371 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,601 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,601 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,364 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 104,565 as a first name in 2020; 236 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeanne’s family of names
In French usage, Jeanne has a diminutive in Jeannette. In French usage, Jeanne is a feminine form of Jean. In French usage, Jeanne has a conventional equivalent in the English form Janet.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jeanne has relatives in 65 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Jeanne comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 63
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ג'ייןHebrew
- Joannadoublet · Polish, English
- Ivannaequivalent
- Joandoublet · English, Swedish
- Shanedoublet · English
- Shawndoublet · English
- GiovannaItalian
- Ivanadoublet · English, Croatian
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- Juanadoublet · Spanish, English
- Janadoublet · English, German
- Ivankaequivalent
- Siobhandoublet · English
- Shaundoublet · English
- JohanaCzech, Esperanto
- JannaAzerbaijani
- Yanaequivalent
- Jeanetteequivalent
- Janicedoublet · English
- Joannedoublet · English
- JoanaPortuguese, Occitan
- JuanitaSpanish
- JanetEnglish
- Siandoublet · English
- Sheenadoublet · English
- Shaunadoublet · English
- Jonnaequivalent
- JaninaPolish
- Janisdoublet · English
- Shawnadoublet · English
- XoanaGalician
- Zhannaequivalent
- Jeaneequivalent
- Djenecognate · Walloon
- JohanneNorwegian, Danish
- JovankaBosnian
- Jonealso known as · Basque, English
- Shavonnedoublet · English
- Jendoublet · English
- Жаннаborrowing · Russian, Ukrainian
- Ժաննաderivative · Armenian
- ΙωάνναGreek
- Sjaancognate · Dutch
- Žannaderivative · Latvian
- Żannaequivalent
- DjiheneWalloon
- ژانckb, Persian
- Žanasgs
- Janétonpoitevin-saintongeais
- ಜೋನ್Kannada
- ジャンヌJapanese
- JóhannaIcelandic
- जोनHindi
- ჟანაGeorgian
- 聖女gan
- SiânWelsh
- SiwanWelsh
- SiobhánIrish
- JanedBreton
- জোনBengali
- XuanaAsturian
And 3 more.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jeanne
- Jeanne MoreauFrench actress, singer, screenwriter and director (1928-2017)
- Jeanne CalmentFrench supercentenarian, person with the longest confirmed lifespan (1875–1997)
- Annie LennoxScottish singer-songwriter (born 1954)
- Joan I of Navarrequeen regnant of Navarre and queen consort of France1273–1305
- Jeanne d'AlbretQueen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 (1528-1572)
- Joan of France, Duchess of BerryFrench queen who entered religious life, became a nun and later an abbess who founded the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary (canonized 1950)1464–1505
- Jeanne CrainAmerican actress (1925–2003)
- Jeanne BaretFrench explorer, naturalist and botanist (1740-1807)
- Joan II of NavarreQueen of Navarre (1328-1349)1311–1349
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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